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... many treatises * It is supposed by some . to have taken its name of Nagari , from the city where it is said to have been invented ; but this is doubtful . written expressly for the use of the lower peo- ple LETTERS ON INDIA . .69.
... many treatises * It is supposed by some . to have taken its name of Nagari , from the city where it is said to have been invented ; but this is doubtful . written expressly for the use of the lower peo- ple LETTERS ON INDIA . .69.
Page 73
... supposed to be more modern than the other three books , and indeed to be a compilation from them . The antiquity also of many of the puranas is questioned , but their real author and precise date is of little consequence , since the ...
... supposed to be more modern than the other three books , and indeed to be a compilation from them . The antiquity also of many of the puranas is questioned , but their real author and precise date is of little consequence , since the ...
Page 106
... supposed to fall on those who force the constructor of the koor to adopt the cruel expedient . These two barbarous methods of obtaining justice , mark a greater degree of insecurity than the general tenor of the Indian laws and police ...
... supposed to fall on those who force the constructor of the koor to adopt the cruel expedient . These two barbarous methods of obtaining justice , mark a greater degree of insecurity than the general tenor of the Indian laws and police ...
Page 112
... supposed antiquity . The Hindû division of the zodiac into signs * Abul Fazzle , in the Ayeen Akberi , enumerates nine sidd❜hantas or treatises on astronomy : 1st , the Brahma Sidd'- hanta ; 2d , Surya Sidd'hanta ; 3d , Soma Sidd'hanta ...
... supposed antiquity . The Hindû division of the zodiac into signs * Abul Fazzle , in the Ayeen Akberi , enumerates nine sidd❜hantas or treatises on astronomy : 1st , the Brahma Sidd'- hanta ; 2d , Surya Sidd'hanta ; 3d , Soma Sidd'hanta ...
Page 113
... supposed to have originated in the precession of the equinoxes ( Cranti ) ; but by others they are considered . as purely mythological , like the golden , silver , brazen , and iron ages , among the I LETTERS ON INDIA . 113.
... supposed to have originated in the precession of the equinoxes ( Cranti ) ; but by others they are considered . as purely mythological , like the golden , silver , brazen , and iron ages , among the I LETTERS ON INDIA . 113.
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Page 83 - The Fiend looked up, and knew His mounted scale aloft : Nor more ; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.
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Page 267 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 63 - Who knows exactly, and who shall in this world declare, whence and why this creation took place ? The gods are subsequent to the production of this world: then who can know whence it proceeded ? or whence this varied world arose ? or whether it uphold [itself], or not ? He who, in the highest heaven, is the ruler of this universe, does indeed know; but not another can possess that knowledge.
Page 354 - Heaven shall burst her starry gates again ! He comes ! dread Brama shakes the sunless sky With murmuring wrath, and thunders from on high, Heaven's fiery horse, beneath his warrior form, Paws the light clouds, and gallops on the storm ! Wide waves his flickering sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns, and light the world below ! Earth, and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed, Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread...
Page 65 - Know, first, that heaven and earth's compacted frame, And flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires and feeds, and animates the whole.
Page 129 - Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting their solitary caves, The lonely sound of winds, that moan around Accordant to the melancholy waves.