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 sider |
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Side x
... head . The following is a translation of the passage from the Kúrma Púrána : " Let us place on our heads the feet of SACTI , who when she put on Síva's dishevelled lock of hair the crescent moon , her arm - ring , which had been broken ...
... head . The following is a translation of the passage from the Kúrma Púrána : " Let us place on our heads the feet of SACTI , who when she put on Síva's dishevelled lock of hair the crescent moon , her arm - ring , which had been broken ...
Side xii
... head . ' * CALMET also says : ASTARTE was the same as the Isis of Egypt ; and again quoting JEROME , who in several places translated the name ASTARTE by PRIAPUS . ' " In reference to the indecent object alluded to as being wor- shipped ...
... head . ' * CALMET also says : ASTARTE was the same as the Isis of Egypt ; and again quoting JEROME , who in several places translated the name ASTARTE by PRIAPUS . ' " In reference to the indecent object alluded to as being wor- shipped ...
Side 5
... head ) ; " those who come from eggs . ' The Arrows , " the givers of omens . " The Crow is , " the receiver of offerings " ( alluding to those who fast on the Saturday in honour of Sanne Saturn , who give part of their rice to the crows ) ...
... head ) ; " those who come from eggs . ' The Arrows , " the givers of omens . " The Crow is , " the receiver of offerings " ( alluding to those who fast on the Saturday in honour of Sanne Saturn , who give part of their rice to the crows ) ...
Side 26
... head ; they also put the right hand on the face in a longitudinal position ; and sometimes give a long and graceful sweep with the right hand , from the forehead to the ground . 15. My lord , hearken unto me , the land is worth - four ...
... head ; they also put the right hand on the face in a longitudinal position ; and sometimes give a long and graceful sweep with the right hand , from the forehead to the ground . 15. My lord , hearken unto me , the land is worth - four ...
Side 28
... head- dress sparkled with jewels , and was most elegantly beaded with rows of pearls encircling it like a coronet ; from which a brilliant angular ornament hung over her forehead , and between her eyebrows . " — Vol . ii . 265 . I find ...
... head- dress sparkled with jewels , and was most elegantly beaded with rows of pearls encircling it like a coronet ; from which a brilliant angular ornament hung over her forehead , and between her eyebrows . " — Vol . ii . 265 . I find ...
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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 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 Parvati 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
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Side 433 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Side 300 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Side 361 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Side 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
Side 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Side 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
Side 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Side 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Side 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Side 576 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.