Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal,: For Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. ... Printed Verbatim from the Calcutta Edition..J. Sewell; Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell; J. Walker; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Otridge and son; R. Faulder; and J. Scatcherd., 1807 |
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... origin in the First Volume of the Work , we shall content ourselves with referring our Readers to that discourse , wherein they will find an ample display of its utility , and a detail of its objects of pursuit , a 2 IN the Differtation ...
... origin in the First Volume of the Work , we shall content ourselves with referring our Readers to that discourse , wherein they will find an ample display of its utility , and a detail of its objects of pursuit , a 2 IN the Differtation ...
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... origin of that coaft is afcribed to the piety or penitence of Purefeu Rama , or Purefram , ( one of the incarnations of VISHNU , ) who , ftung with re- morfe for the blood he had fo profufely fhed in over- coming the Rajahs of the ...
... origin of that coaft is afcribed to the piety or penitence of Purefeu Rama , or Purefram , ( one of the incarnations of VISHNU , ) who , ftung with re- morfe for the blood he had fo profufely fhed in over- coming the Rajahs of the ...
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... origin to , and were principally con- ftructed * I have allowed this paragraph of ZEIRREDDIEN's text to stand inserted in the order of his own enumeration , because it is con- nected with the one that follows ; though the custom it ...
... origin to , and were principally con- ftructed * I have allowed this paragraph of ZEIRREDDIEN's text to stand inserted in the order of his own enumeration , because it is con- nected with the one that follows ; though the custom it ...
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... origin de- rives them from revelations of SIVA to PARVATI , CON- firmed by VISHNU , and therefore called Agama , from the initials of three words in a verfe of the Tódala Tantra , " Coming from the mouth of SIVA , heard by the ...
... origin de- rives them from revelations of SIVA to PARVATI , CON- firmed by VISHNU , and therefore called Agama , from the initials of three words in a verfe of the Tódala Tantra , " Coming from the mouth of SIVA , heard by the ...
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... origin is afcribed in the great D'herma - purána to the Cumbhacára , ( 2 , ) or pot- ter , and Tantra váya , ( 3 , ) or weaver : but the Tantra . váya , according to the Fátimálá , fprung from two mixed claffes , begotten by a man of ...
... origin is afcribed in the great D'herma - purána to the Cumbhacára , ( 2 , ) or pot- ter , and Tantra váya , ( 3 , ) or weaver : but the Tantra . váya , according to the Fátimálá , fprung from two mixed claffes , begotten by a man of ...
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Página vii - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Página vii - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página vii - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Página ix - The work, now presented to the European world, contains abundance of curious matter extremely interesting both to speculative lawyers and antiquaries, with many beauties, which need not be pointed out, and with many blemishes, which cannot be justified or palliated. It is a system of despotism and priestcraft, both indeed limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support...
Página vii - HE gave being to time and the divisions of time, to the stars also, and to the planets, to rivers, oceans, and mountains, to level plains, and uneven valleys.
Página 161 - I made experiments, nankeen, from the ftrength and quality of its fabric, appeared the beft calculated for coating with the gum. The method I followed in performing this, was, to lay the cloth fmooth upon a table, pour the milk upon it, and with a ruler to fpread it equally. But fhould this ever be attempted on a...
Página 17 - Nayi-ea the noble rank is claimed ; ' The toils of culture and of art they scorn, ' The warrior's plumes their haughty brows adorn ; ' The shining faulchion brandish'd in the right, ' Their left arm wields the target in the fight ; ' Of danger scornful, ever armed they...
Página x - ... and the very morals, though rigid enough on the whole, are in one or two instances (as in the case of light oaths and of pious perjury) unaccountably relaxed...
Página 394 - ... about fix inches high and four in diameter in its plain furface ; this is fupported by three wooden feet, each of which is more than a foot in length. Upon the upper flat part of this machine are holes, or pits, for the larger pearls, and the fmaller ones are beat in with a wooden hammer.
Página 382 - A prince may facrifae his enemy, having firft invoked the ax with holy texts, by fubitituting a buffalo or goat, calling the victim by the name of the enemy throughout the whole ceremony.