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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Page 14
... rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15 .— " Noah removed the covering of the ark . " The native vessels in India have not decks like those in Europe , but strong laths are put on , which are ...
... rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15 .— " Noah removed the covering of the ark . " The native vessels in India have not decks like those in Europe , but strong laths are put on , which are ...
Page 73
... rain for a long time , the water is often muddy , and very unwholesome . But Providence has again been bountiful by giving to the people the Teatta Maram , Strychnos Potatorum . All who live in the neighbourhood of such water , or who ...
... rain for a long time , the water is often muddy , and very unwholesome . But Providence has again been bountiful by giving to the people the Teatta Maram , Strychnos Potatorum . All who live in the neighbourhood of such water , or who ...
Page 90
... rain , the farmer is almost sure to have a crop . Another reason is , there may be a doubt as to which kind the land is most adapted ; and therefore recourse is had to this plan . Some plants also require shade , and therefore they sow ...
... rain , the farmer is almost sure to have a crop . Another reason is , there may be a doubt as to which kind the land is most adapted ; and therefore recourse is had to this plan . Some plants also require shade , and therefore they sow ...
Page 118
... rain ? which gives me oil for my lamp , a ladle * Saul had also fasted ; " he had eaten no bread all the day , nor all the night ; " which corresponds with the practice of the Hindoos , as they always fast before they consult the ...
... rain ? which gives me oil for my lamp , a ladle * Saul had also fasted ; " he had eaten no bread all the day , nor all the night ; " which corresponds with the practice of the Hindoos , as they always fast before they consult the ...
Page 129
... rain - as the small rain upon the tender herb . " Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as drop- ping upon the hearers . The Hebrew has for " prophesy " in Micah , ii . 6. " drop . " The same word is used for drops of rain ...
... rain - as the small rain upon the tender herb . " Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as drop- ping upon the hearers . The Hebrew has for " prophesy " in Micah , ii . 6. " drop . " The same word is used for drops of rain ...
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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