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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... 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 breath of ...
... 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 breath of ...
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... never dies + ; " " he who lives in the branches . " The Hog , " he who dwells in the forest ; " " the hot one ; " " the angry ; " " the tusked one ; " the ground tearer . " The Jackal , " he of tricks , or cunning ; " " the envious one ...
... never dies + ; " " he who lives in the branches . " The Hog , " he who dwells in the forest ; " " the hot one ; " " the angry ; " " the tusked one ; " the ground tearer . " The Jackal , " he of tricks , or cunning ; " " the envious one ...
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... never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind . 7 .— " If thou doest well , shalt thou not . be accepted ? and if thou doest not well , sin lieth at the door . " D'Oyly and Mant interpret this , " Your sin will find you out ...
... never speak of a flock without mentioning what is its kind . 7 .— " If thou doest well , shalt thou not . be accepted ? and if thou doest not well , sin lieth at the door . " D'Oyly and Mant interpret this , " Your sin will find you out ...
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... never made any such promise ; but Kandan has brought false witnesses to swear that I did say so . " Has Chin- nan done something for another which he fears another party will resent ; he goes to the person for whom the favour was ...
... never made any such promise ; but Kandan has brought false witnesses to swear that I did say so . " Has Chin- nan done something for another which he fears another party will resent ; he goes to the person for whom the favour was ...
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... never look back , as " it would be very unfortunate . " Should a husband have left any thing which his wife knows he will require , she will not call on him to turn or look back ; but will either take the article herself , or send it by ...
... never look back , as " it would be very unfortunate . " Should a husband have left any thing which his wife knows he will require , she will not call on him to turn or look back ; but will either take the article herself , or send it by ...
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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