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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... perform their devotions . " This is a correct 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 ...
... perform their devotions . " This is a correct 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 ...
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... performed , and states his apprehensions . But the favoured individual will say , " Fear not ; for whosoever injures Chin- nan , I will injure . " VI . 4 .— " There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that , when the ...
... performed , and states his apprehensions . But the favoured individual will say , " Fear not ; for whosoever injures Chin- nan , I will injure . " VI . 4 .— " There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that , when the ...
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... performed the most astonishing works : " and such is the opinion of the people , that wherever there has been a great effort of nature , whether in an earthquake , or a volcano , they say it was produced by the giants . But leaving ...
... performed the most astonishing works : " and such is the opinion of the people , that wherever there has been a great effort of nature , whether in an earthquake , or a volcano , they say it was produced by the giants . But leaving ...
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... perform it . In the month of December , when evil spirits are believed to roam about , the people dip their hands in a strong solution of lime , and then strike the door or walls of their dwell- ings ; the impression indicates that the ...
... perform it . In the month of December , when evil spirits are believed to roam about , the people dip their hands in a strong solution of lime , and then strike the door or walls of their dwell- ings ; the impression indicates that the ...
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... perform something for another , and should the latter doubt his word , the former will say , pointing to the flame ... performed in the presence of the god of fire . He was the witness . But it is also a general practice , at the ...
... perform something for another , and should the latter doubt his word , the former will say , pointing to the flame ... performed in the presence of the god of fire . He was the witness . But it is also a general practice , at the ...
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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