Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 116
... Spirit exhibited in the form of this universal world . " * Vayu is the god of the winds , and rides on an Antelope , with a sabre in his right hand . One of his names , also , is Pavana . Agny , the god of fire , also named Pa- vaca ...
... Spirit exhibited in the form of this universal world . " * Vayu is the god of the winds , and rides on an Antelope , with a sabre in his right hand . One of his names , also , is Pavana . Agny , the god of fire , also named Pa- vaca ...
Page 117
... spirits . Much affinity is to be discovered between the Hindu Ayodhya , and the European Bacchus , not as the god presiding over the vintage , but in his character of hero and conqueror , as Dionysus , the son of Semele * Jones . M 4 ...
... spirits . Much affinity is to be discovered between the Hindu Ayodhya , and the European Bacchus , not as the god presiding over the vintage , but in his character of hero and conqueror , as Dionysus , the son of Semele * Jones . M 4 ...
Page 132
... spirit , and general attributes , are the same ; and we find her , both on mount Cailasa and at the banquets of the deities , uniformly the com- panion of her husband . One circumstance in the parallel is extremely singular : she is ...
... spirit , and general attributes , are the same ; and we find her , both on mount Cailasa and at the banquets of the deities , uniformly the com- panion of her husband . One circumstance in the parallel is extremely singular : she is ...
Page 143
... spirits . The Greeks ascribed the diseases to which men , and even cattle , are exposed , to some angry god , or * See on the subject of the Hindū , Greek , and Italian divinities , the notes of M. Langlès to the translation of the ...
... spirits . The Greeks ascribed the diseases to which men , and even cattle , are exposed , to some angry god , or * See on the subject of the Hindū , Greek , and Italian divinities , the notes of M. Langlès to the translation of the ...
Page 175
... tended much to depress his spirits , and to diminish the courage of his attendants . A procession of Brahmin astrologers now waited on him , and announced , that the catalogue of omens , of things and days considered OF THE HINDŪS . 175.
... tended much to depress his spirits , and to diminish the courage of his attendants . A procession of Brahmin astrologers now waited on him , and announced , that the catalogue of omens , of things and days considered OF THE HINDŪS . 175.
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