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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... animal appropriated to her use . " SUCCOTH - BENOTH , the same with the Syrian goddess , the same as ASTARTE of the Phoenicians and the DECERTO of Ascalon . ' The worship paid to this goddess came originally ! from Assyria and Babylonia ...
... animal appropriated to her use . " SUCCOTH - BENOTH , the same with the Syrian goddess , the same as ASTARTE of the Phoenicians and the DECERTO of Ascalon . ' The worship paid to this goddess came originally ! from Assyria and Babylonia ...
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... animals will never die ; and when the life or soul has departed from one body , it is said to enter into and to animate some other body . II . 7.— “ The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrils the ...
... animals will never die ; and when the life or soul has departed from one body , it is said to enter into and to animate some other body . II . 7.— “ The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrils the ...
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... animals , in Scripture , always express some prominent feature * The Scanda Purana is one of the most sacred works of the Hindoos , and is regularly read through once a year in the temples of Siva . It con- tains some most curious ...
... animals , in Scripture , always express some prominent feature * The Scanda Purana is one of the most sacred works of the Hindoos , and is regularly read through once a year in the temples of Siva . It con- tains some most curious ...
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... animals among the Hindoos , have names given to them , which either allude to their shape , or their habits . Hence , the Horse is called the " thought ... animal , the monkey never dies . one ; " " he who comes from eggs ; GENESIS .
... animals among the Hindoos , have names given to them , which either allude to their shape , or their habits . Hence , the Horse is called the " thought ... animal , the monkey never dies . one ; " " he who comes from eggs ; GENESIS .
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... animals , are believed to have had the gift of speech , and many instances are on record where their conversations are given . Thus , the great * This by the Hindoos , at this day , is believed to be the true cause of an eclipse ...
... animals , are believed to have had the gift of speech , and many instances are on record where their conversations are given . Thus , the great * This by the Hindoos , at this day , is believed to be the true cause of an eclipse ...
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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