Index to the First Eighteen Volumes of the Asiatic Researches, Or, Transactions of the Society: Instituted in Bengal for Enquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences and Literature of Asia |
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ancient Aracan Asam Atri Bamiyan banks Benares Bengal Bharatas empire Bhot Bhotias botanical description Brahma Brahmaputra Brahmens Buddha Burmas Cáli called Ceylon Crishna Cushadwip daughter descendants Deva Dihing Dihong district Ditto divisions Dwipa dynasty Egypt eighty-four Gachchas Ellore empire of Bharata father Ganadharas Ganges goddess hills Himálaya Hindu incarnation India Indra Indus inhabitants inscription Jainas Jains Jambuna Jina Jupiter Kamaon king of Cashmir lake language legend Magadha Mahádèva mount Meru Nahusha Nepál Nile north-west of Bharatas Old Continent Orissa Pandua perfect Yogi Persian practices of Yoga Purána Rája reigned remarks Rishi river which flows sacred Saiva Sanscrit sect Sir Wm situation Siva south of Bharatas species Sringeri Sumatra supposed Tamah teacher temple Tibet town tribe living tribe or country tribe or place Vaishnava Vicramáditya vide VIII village Vindhya Vindhya mountains Vishnu White Island worship XVII XVIII
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Page 2 - ... near Basrah, and the serpent at Ispahan. Adam, after long solitude and penitence, was led by Gabriel to Mecca, and thence to the mountain of Arafat (recognition), where he was reunited to Eve after a separation of 200 years. With the Hindus, Adam is supposed to be the same with Swayam-bhuva, who was made with seven handfuls of mould taken from the seven stages of the earth.
Page 12 - ... attributed to him. His Vakya Pradipa, or metrical maxims on the philosophy of syntax, are the best known. They are often cited under the name of Harikarika, and have almost equal authority with the precepts of Panini. His Sataka or Centuries of Verse are also much admired. He is said to have become disgusted with the world on account of the infidelity of his favourite wife. He abdicated the throne, and ended his days at Benares in devout contemplation. He is also said to have been put to a cruel...
Page 93 - Krishna, & river issued from the sweat of Vishnu, when he transformed himself into the shape of the mount Salagram or Gandacisilla, XIV.
Page 3 - Adyanatha, the Linga of Mahadeva placed on the banks of the river Rajyu by King Naraca, XIV.
Page 28 - Paya, of an inscription said to exist on a rock at Belligola, recording a grant of land by him to the shrine of Gomatiswara, XVII.
Page 166 - Sechin, the same with Ekhor, the place of burial of the emperors of China, VI.
Page 84 - III. 411. , goddess of victory, worshipped in the Craunchadwipa, under the emblem of a sword, VIII.
Page 194 - Vaimanikas, one of the four .classes of divine beings reckoned by the Jains, XVII.
Page 129 - Observations, on the geography of the countries to the north of the Ganges in Ptolemy, IX.