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Page 68
... worship . The writing on paper and parchment is per- formed with a reed shaped nearly like our com- mon pens ; the ink in substance and colour re- sembles a thick solution of the common Indian ink , but the writing is often traced in ...
... worship . The writing on paper and parchment is per- formed with a reed shaped nearly like our com- mon pens ; the ink in substance and colour re- sembles a thick solution of the common Indian ink , but the writing is often traced in ...
Page 75
... worship due only to the Supreme intelli- gence . The name of the Yajurveda signifies that it concerns oblations and sacrifices . Soon after it was compiled by Vyasa it became polluted , and a new revelation called the White Yajush was ...
... worship due only to the Supreme intelli- gence . The name of the Yajurveda signifies that it concerns oblations and sacrifices . Soon after it was compiled by Vyasa it became polluted , and a new revelation called the White Yajush was ...
Page 78
... worship him . Which is the soul ? Is it that , by which a man sees ? By which he hears ? By which he smells odours ? By which he utters speech ? By which he dis- criminates a pleasant or an unpleasant taste ? Is it the heart , or ...
... worship him . Which is the soul ? Is it that , by which a man sees ? By which he hears ? By which he smells odours ? By which he utters speech ? By which he dis- criminates a pleasant or an unpleasant taste ? Is it the heart , or ...
Page 99
... worship to the fire , and afterwards fasting a whole day , when he is weighed twice or thrice , and if at the second or third weighing he is found heavier than at first he is guilty . The writing on the wall over against Belshazzar king ...
... worship to the fire , and afterwards fasting a whole day , when he is weighed twice or thrice , and if at the second or third weighing he is found heavier than at first he is guilty . The writing on the wall over against Belshazzar king ...
Page 135
... worship , and the site of the city is covered with large ant - hills . The next stage from Hastinapoor was the Rodapha of Pliny and the Rapphe of Ptolemy , now called Hur- dowah , from which Calinipaxa , properly Calini- basa , of which ...
... worship , and the site of the city is covered with large ant - hills . The next stage from Hastinapoor was the Rodapha of Pliny and the Rapphe of Ptolemy , now called Hur- dowah , from which Calinipaxa , properly Calini- basa , of which ...
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adorned æra Agra Akbar ancient appear army astronomical Aurengzebe Awatar Baber beautiful Bengal Brah Brahma Brahmins brother called capital castes ceremonies Chandra character chief conquest contains court Crishna Dara death Deccan Dehli deity descendants divine dominions dwipa earth East emperor empire European fables father favourite Ferishta fire Firoze Ganesa Ganges Genghis Genghis Khan Ghazna goddess gods Greeks Guzerat head heaven hero Hindostan Hindû holy honour India Indus inhabitants Khan king kingdom language laws letter Mahmoud Mahomedan Mahommed Mahratta Mogul Mogul empire monarchs mountains murdered Mussulman native nature Nermada Nizam nobles o'dien oblations offered Parvati Patans perhaps person poems poets possessed priest prince provinces Rama reign religion river Sacontala sacred sacrifice Sanscrit sect Shah Jehan Siddhanta Sir William Jones Siva soubah sovereigns Sultan Surya temple throne tion tombs trial by ordeal tribe Vedas Vishnu whence worship Zebe