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 xi
... servants commanded their masters , and wore a kind of royal garment , called Zogani . ' * " The festival of the wife of Síva continues nine days , or rather nights , and is called Nava Ráttiri , i.e. nine nights : three of these ...
... servants commanded their masters , and wore a kind of royal garment , called Zogani . ' * " The festival of the wife of Síva continues nine days , or rather nights , and is called Nava Ráttiri , i.e. nine nights : three of these ...
Page 3
... servant . Does an aged per- son advise a young friend to get married ; he will not say , " Seek for a wife , " but " Try to procure a thunive , a help meet . ' A man who repines at his single state , says , " I have not any female help ...
... servant . Does an aged per- son advise a young friend to get married ; he will not say , " Seek for a wife , " but " Try to procure a thunive , a help meet . ' A man who repines at his single state , says , " I have not any female help ...
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... Servants born in his own house . " - Abram had trained his three hundred and eighteen ser- vants to arms , and with them he rescued his brother Lot , and brought back his " goods , and the women also , and the people . " To Englishmen ...
... Servants born in his own house . " - Abram had trained his three hundred and eighteen ser- vants to arms , and with them he rescued his brother Lot , and brought back his " goods , and the women also , and the people . " To Englishmen ...
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... servants . ( John xiii . 14. ) 27.- " Am but dust . " - Such was the language of Abraham before the Lord . A poor man ... servant hath found grace in thy sight . " - Nothing can be more common than this form of speech . Has a man been ...
... servants . ( John xiii . 14. ) 27.- " Am but dust . " - Such was the language of Abraham before the Lord . A poor man ... servant hath found grace in thy sight . " - Nothing can be more common than this form of speech . Has a man been ...
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... servants or a friend ) it shall soon be in his house . Should he , however , have no expect- ation of favour in future ... servant and Rebekah , the daughter of Bethuel , be repeated by the women of Meso- potamia in their visits to the ...
... servants or a friend ) it shall soon be in his house . Should he , however , have no expect- ation of favour in future ... servant and Rebekah , the daughter of Bethuel , be repeated by the women of Meso- potamia in their visits to 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