Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 102
... sacred of all oaths : Cicero calls it , Jovem Lapidem Jurare . It is supposed to have been derived from the stone present- ed to Saturn by his consort Ops , as a substitute for Ju- piter . Saturn had promised to his elder brother Titan ...
... sacred of all oaths : Cicero calls it , Jovem Lapidem Jurare . It is supposed to have been derived from the stone present- ed to Saturn by his consort Ops , as a substitute for Ju- piter . Saturn had promised to his elder brother Titan ...
Page 107
... sacred by the Hindus , who suppose them to be the terrestrial haunt of the god Iswara . The mountain properly Himalaya , being personified , is represented to have been a powerful monarch , whose wife , Mena , bore him a daughter ...
... sacred by the Hindus , who suppose them to be the terrestrial haunt of the god Iswara . The mountain properly Himalaya , being personified , is represented to have been a powerful monarch , whose wife , Mena , bore him a daughter ...
Page 108
... sacred Ganges , at a place named Hara- ca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bath- ing answers to our 11th of April . The number of per- sons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of souls . Devotees ...
... sacred Ganges , at a place named Hara- ca - Pairi , or the foot of Hara . The grand day of bath- ing answers to our 11th of April . The number of per- sons who assemble annually , has been computed at about a million of souls . Devotees ...
Page 137
... sacred river , is supposed to join under ground . " * 66 Lacshmi is the Hindu goddess of har- vests and abundance . She is also named Pedma , and Camala from the sacred Lotos or Nymphæa ; - " but her most remarkable * See Translation of ...
... sacred river , is supposed to join under ground . " * 66 Lacshmi is the Hindu goddess of har- vests and abundance . She is also named Pedma , and Camala from the sacred Lotos or Nymphæa ; - " but her most remarkable * See Translation of ...
Page 139
... sacred laws was promulgated . * She seems also to answer to some of the attributes of the Egyp- tian Isis , to whom corn , and , indeed , all the other productions of the earth were attribut- ed . There can , however , be little doubt ...
... sacred laws was promulgated . * She seems also to answer to some of the attributes of the Egyp- tian Isis , to whom corn , and , indeed , all the other productions of the earth were attribut- ed . There can , however , be little doubt ...
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