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 5
... rice to the crows ) . The Kā- Kā , " he with the iron beak . " The Peacock , " he whose riches or pleasures are in feathers . " The Eagle , " he who flies aloft ; " " the flesh eater . " The Pigeon , " the stone eater . ' The Serpent ...
... rice to the crows ) . The Kā- Kā , " he with the iron beak . " The Peacock , " he whose riches or pleasures are in feathers . " The Eagle , " he who flies aloft ; " " the flesh eater . " The Pigeon , " the stone eater . ' The Serpent ...
Page 10
... rice , cakes , oil , and perfumes , are offered to the gods . * I would here observe , once for all , that I have gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with ...
... rice , cakes , oil , and perfumes , are offered to the gods . * I would here observe , once for all , that I have gone regularly through the marginal readings , and have found , with few exceptions , that they literally agree with ...
Page 17
... rice , has been newly cut , as the grass left amongst the stubble is then long and green . The herdmen at that time become very tenacious , and woe to the ox , if within reach of stick or stone , until he shall get into his own field ...
... rice , has been newly cut , as the grass left amongst the stubble is then long and green . The herdmen at that time become very tenacious , and woe to the ox , if within reach of stick or stone , until he shall get into his own field ...
Page 24
... Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event of life the Hindoos have a fixed rule from which they seldom deviate . They wean a female child within the ...
... Rice is given to the child in a formal way , and the relations are invited to join in the festivities . For almost every event of life the Hindoos have a fixed rule from which they seldom deviate . They wean a female child within the ...
Page 30
... rice is in his mouth . " " Why have you such a regard for that man ? " " Is not his rice in my mouth ? " - 30 .- " Feed me , I pray thee , with that same red pot- tage . " The people of the East are exceedingly fond of pottage , which ...
... rice is in his mouth . " " Why have you such a regard for that man ? " " Is not his rice in my mouth ? " - 30 .- " Feed me , I pray thee , with that same red pot- tage . " The people of the East are exceedingly fond of pottage , which ...
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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