Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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Page viii
... Siva of the Hindoos . He is joined with the sanguinary Moloch , who corresponds with the blood- thirsty Kāli or Patrākaly , an incarnation of the consort of Siva . In the fragments to Calmet ‡ it is said , " It will , no doubt , be ...
... Siva of the Hindoos . He is joined with the sanguinary Moloch , who corresponds with the blood- thirsty Kāli or Patrākaly , an incarnation of the consort of Siva . In the fragments to Calmet ‡ it is said , " It will , no doubt , be ...
Page x
... Síva they assume the dress of Pandárams , and thus go from house to house to ask alms . " The Babylonian or Assyrian goddess was drawn or supported by lions . * The wife of Siva , under the name of BHADRA - KALI , has the same animal ...
... Síva they assume the dress of Pandárams , and thus go from house to house to ask alms . " The Babylonian or Assyrian goddess was drawn or supported by lions . * The wife of Siva , under the name of BHADRA - KALI , has the same animal ...
Page xi
... SIVA is also known here under the name of SATTI ; but in Sanskrit , SAKTI . “ The festival of SACA was held for five ... Síva continues nine days , or rather nights , and is called Nava Ráttiri , i.e. nine nights : three of these ...
... SIVA is also known here under the name of SATTI ; but in Sanskrit , SAKTI . “ The festival of SACA was held for five ... Síva continues nine days , or rather nights , and is called Nava Ráttiri , i.e. nine nights : three of these ...
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... Siva and his goddess ; Vishnoo and Lechimy ; also Brahma , and the goddess Sarusuvathe : but that all souls come from Brahma . 8 . - " The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . " It may be of but little importance to us , at this ...
... Siva and his goddess ; Vishnoo and Lechimy ; also Brahma , and the goddess Sarusuvathe : but that all souls come from Brahma . 8 . - " The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . " It may be of but little importance to us , at this ...
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... Siva . It con- tains some most curious allusions to , and illustrations of , antiquity , and may have been written about 1500 years ago , though it professes to de- tail events which occurred many thousands of years ago . It is now in ...
... Siva . It con- tains some most curious allusions to , and illustrations of , antiquity , and may have been written about 1500 years ago , though it professes to de- tail events which occurred many thousands of years ago . It is now in ...
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alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child Dagon daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama