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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... tree in the garden thou mayest . freely eat . " The margin reads , " eating thou shalt eat ; " and this is truly Oriental . Does a man who is under the care of a phy- sician , feel doubtful whether or not he ought to eat some kind of ...
... tree in the garden thou mayest . freely eat . " The margin reads , " eating thou shalt eat ; " and this is truly Oriental . Does a man who is under the care of a phy- sician , feel doubtful whether or not he ought to eat some kind of ...
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... tree called Kat - Paga- Veerutcham , which sprang from the Amutham ( ambrosia ) which was churned by the gods . Those in the heavenly world , by eating of its fruit , have immortality and whatsoever they desire . 7 .— “ They sewed fig ...
... tree called Kat - Paga- Veerutcham , which sprang from the Amutham ( ambrosia ) which was churned by the gods . Those in the heavenly world , by eating of its fruit , have immortality and whatsoever they desire . 7 .— “ They sewed fig ...
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... tree . " VII . 11 . - " The windows of heaven were opened . " The margin has " the flood - gates of heaven were opened . ” In the East , when the rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15 .— " Noah ...
... tree . " VII . 11 . - " The windows of heaven were opened . " The margin has " the flood - gates of heaven were opened . ” In the East , when the rain falls in torrents , the people say , " the heavens are broken . " VIII . 15 .— " Noah ...
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... He was the witness . But it is also a general practice , at the celebration of respectable marriages at this day , to have a fire as a witness of the transaction . It is made of the wood of the Mango - tree , or the Aal or 20 GENESIS .
... He was the witness . But it is also a general practice , at the celebration of respectable marriages at this day , to have a fire as a witness of the transaction . It is made of the wood of the Mango - tree , or the Aal or 20 GENESIS .
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... tree , or the Aal or Arasu , or Panne or Palāsu . The fire being kindled in the centre of the room , the young couple sit on stools ; but when the Brahmin begins to repeat the incantations , they arise , and the bridegroom puts the ...
... tree , or the Aal or Arasu , or Panne or Palāsu . The fire being kindled in the centre of the room , the young couple sit on stools ; but when the Brahmin begins to repeat the incantations , they arise , and the bridegroom puts 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