Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... holy teacher has no defence but the purity of his doctrines ; the world * Hermits , who pass their lives in privations of every thing that can serve to gratify the senses . may change , but the Creator is unchange- able . OF THE SIKHS .
... holy teacher has no defence but the purity of his doctrines ; the world * Hermits , who pass their lives in privations of every thing that can serve to gratify the senses . may change , but the Creator is unchange- able . OF THE SIKHS .
Page 280
... Sikhs say , that when they * Bhai Guru Das Vali . + The Hydraotes of the Greeks . heard him , they forgot that mankind had any religion 280 OF THE SIKHS .
... Sikhs say , that when they * Bhai Guru Das Vali . + The Hydraotes of the Greeks . heard him , they forgot that mankind had any religion 280 OF THE SIKHS .
Page 281
... daughter , Mohani , whom he married to a young man of his own cast , named Ram Das . Dying in the year of Christ 1574 , he de- clared Ram Das his successor , who be- came famous for his piety . The town of Kujarawal OF THE SIKHS . 281.
... daughter , Mohani , whom he married to a young man of his own cast , named Ram Das . Dying in the year of Christ 1574 , he de- clared Ram Das his successor , who be- came famous for his piety . The town of Kujarawal OF THE SIKHS . 281.
Page 282
... Sikhs contains ninety - two sections ; it was partly composed by Nanac and his immediate successors , but received its present form and arrangement from Arjunmal , who blended his own additions with what he thought most valuable in the ...
... Sikhs contains ninety - two sections ; it was partly composed by Nanac and his immediate successors , but received its present form and arrangement from Arjunmal , who blended his own additions with what he thought most valuable in the ...
Page 283
... Sikhs , who till then had been a peaceable and in- offensive sect , took arms under his son and successor Har Govind . Now arose that desperate and implacable hatred which has ever since animated the followers of Nanac and Mohammed ...
... Sikhs , who till then had been a peaceable and in- offensive sect , took arms under his son and successor Har Govind . Now arose that desperate and implacable hatred which has ever since animated the followers of Nanac and Mohammed ...
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