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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... bodies ? Who were the first to propitiate them in reference to their salutary or malignant influences on the destinies of men ? Does not * For observations on Ararat , Taurus , Caucasus , and Himalaya , see p . 462. of this work ; also ...
... bodies ? Who were the first to propitiate them in reference to their salutary or malignant influences on the destinies of men ? Does not * For observations on Ararat , Taurus , Caucasus , and Himalaya , see p . 462. of this work ; also ...
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... 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 breath of life ; and man became a living soul . Those of the Easura faith ...
... 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 breath of life ; and man became a living soul . Those of the Easura faith ...
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... body of Vishnoo became black from the heat , and they ran off with the greatest consterna- tion . They then made their prayers to Siva , the supreme , that this terrible evil might be removed ; and he complied with their request , by ...
... body of Vishnoo became black from the heat , and they ran off with the greatest consterna- tion . They then made their prayers to Siva , the supreme , that this terrible evil might be removed ; and he complied with their request , by ...
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... body ; " and many of the sages and kings , who wished to lead a chaste life , complained of its power . " It gives a clear voice , brings joy , and is good for marriages ; and it is a fact , that during the continuance of this wind ...
... body ; " and many of the sages and kings , who wished to lead a chaste life , complained of its power . " It gives a clear voice , brings joy , and is good for marriages ; and it is a fact , that during the continuance of this wind ...
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... bodies . 2 .- " He lift up his eyes , and looked . ” To lift up the eyes does not mean to look upwards , but to look directly at an object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I ...
... bodies . 2 .- " He lift up his eyes , and looked . ” To lift up the eyes does not mean to look upwards , but to look directly at an object , and that earnestly . A man coming from the jungle might say , " As I came this morning , I ...
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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