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" The flesh of the antelope and the rhinoceros give my beloved" (ie the goddess KALI,) " delight for five hundred years. " By a human sacrifice, attended by the forms laid down, DEVI is pleased one thousand years ; and by a sacrifice of three men, one hundred... "
Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographic ... - Page 164
by Thomas Maurice - 1806
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Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in ..., Volume 5

1799 - 470 pages
...By human flefh, Ciimdc'hya, CJiandicd, and Bliairavii who afTumes my fhape, are pleafcd one thoufand years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered pure by holy texts, is equal to ambrofia ; the head and flefh affo aft^rd much delight to the Goddefs Chandica. Let therefore the learned,...
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Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations, Relative to the Ancient Geographical ...

Thomas Maurice - Coins, Ancient - 1800 - 492 pages
...years. By human flefh, Camachya, Chandica, and Bhairava, who aflume my fhape, are pleafed one thoufand years. An oblation of blood, which has been rendered pure by holy texts, is equal to ambrofia; the head and flefh alfo afford much delight to the goddefs Chandica. Let, therefore, the...
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Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal ...

Asiatic Society of Bengal - Archaeology - 1807 - 458 pages
...By human flefh, Camac'hya, Chandica, and Bhairava, •who afTume my (hape, are pleafed one thoufand years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered pure by holy texts, is equal to ambrofia : the head and flefh alfo afford much delight to the Goddefs Chandicd. Let, therefore, the...
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The Oriental Herald, Volume 11

Christianity - 1826 - 696 pages
...men, one hundred thousand years. By human flesh, Camachya, Chandira, and Bhaerava, who assumes any shape, are pleased one thousand years. An oblation...by holy texts, is equal to ambrosia ; the head and heart also afford much delight to the goddess. — Sec the sanguinary chapter translated from Ihc '...
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History of Priestcraft in All Ages and Nations

William Howitt - Anti-clericalism - 1833 - 276 pages
...years. " By a human sacrifice, Camachya, Chandica, and Bhairava, who assume any shape, are pleased 1000 years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered...texts is equal to ambrosia ; the head and flesh also aflbrd much delight to Chandica. Let, therefore, the learned, when paying adoration to the goddess,...
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The parent's gem; a guide to the evidences of Christianity

Thomas Timpson - 1834 - 158 pages
...took it back, broke its neck, and cast it in again. "t The Hindoos say, " By a human sacrifice, Devi is pleased one thousand years ; and by a sacrifice of three men, one hundred thousand years. The head and flesh also offer much delight to the goddess Chandica." Henry. Do they, indeed, worship...
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The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volume 3

Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855 - 620 pages
...extract from the Calica Pooran : — " By a human sacrifice, attended by the forms laid down, Devi is pleased one thousand years, and by a sacrifice of three men, one hundred thousand years," — and it would be easy to describe some of the ceremonies prescribed at human sacrifices, but we...
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 24

India - 1855 - 462 pages
...blood. " By a. human sacrifice, attended by the forms laid down, ' Devi is pleased one thousand years, by a sacrifice of three ' men, one hundred thousand years. By human flesh, Kama' khya, Chandika, and Bhairava, who assumes my shape, are ' pleased one thousand years. An oblation...
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The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward: Embracing the ..., Volume 1

John Clark Marshman - Baptists - 1859 - 618 pages
...offerer's own body, are looked upon as proper oblations to the goddess. By a human sacrifice, Devi is pleased one thousand years ; and by a sacrifice of three men, one hundred thousand years. . . . Now attend to the particulars relative to the offering of human blood. Let a victim be sacrificed...
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The Pilgrim in the Missions; Or, Gospel-husbandry ...

Henry SMITH (of King's College, London.) - 1866 - 266 pages
...pleasure which lasts a thousand years. By a human sacrifice, attended by the forms laid down, Devi is pleased one thousand years ; and by a sacrifice of " three men" one hundred thousand years ! That horrible rite is still resorted to occasionally, in secret, when some unsuspecting traveller...
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