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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 75
Page xiii
... description of vast numbers of Hindoo temples , and of the way in which men go to the stone altar in the middle of the tank , to perform their devotions . the Oriental slave . The time has gone by for INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... description of vast numbers of Hindoo temples , and of the way in which men go to the stone altar in the middle of the tank , to perform their devotions . the Oriental slave . The time has gone by for INTRODUCTION . xiii.
Page xiv
... gone by for the flippant philosophers of France and England to talk about the " vir- tuous Hindoo and his venerable system of ethics ; " we have looked into the vile arcana , and dragged ( so far as we dare ) the monster to the light ...
... gone by for the flippant philosophers of France and England to talk about the " vir- tuous Hindoo and his venerable system of ethics ; " we have looked into the vile arcana , and dragged ( so far as we dare ) the monster to the light ...
Page 6
... gone down as far as the neck , that part could not be destroyed . The heads thus se- vered , they assumed the form of serpents : the one was called Irāku , which was black in colour ; the name of the other was Keathu , which was red ...
... gone down as far as the neck , that part could not be destroyed . The heads thus se- vered , they assumed the form of serpents : the one was called Irāku , which was black in colour ; the name of the other was Keathu , which was red ...
Page 10
... gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with Eastern language in idiom and figure . In the course of this work , most of them will be illustrated ; and I think few ...
... gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with Eastern language in idiom and figure . In the course of this work , most of them will be illustrated ; and I think few ...
Page 12
... gone . 29 14 . ― 66 Every one that findeth me shall slay me . " It has been tauntingly asked , How could every one slay Cain ? Has a man escaped from prison ; the people say , " Ah ! all men will catch and bring that fellow back . " Has ...
... gone . 29 14 . ― 66 Every one that findeth me shall slay me . " It has been tauntingly asked , How could every one slay Cain ? Has a man escaped from prison ; the people say , " Ah ! all men will catch and bring that fellow back . " Has ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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