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" taught his laws to Menu in a hundred thousand verses, which Menu explained to the primitive world in the very words of the book now translated." Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals, "while the gods... "
An Historical Sketch of Sanscrit Literature: With Copious Bibliographical ... - Page 132
by Friedrich von Adelung - 1832 - 234 pages
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The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 7

William Jones - 1807 - 414 pages
...greater eafe to the human race, reduced them ' to four thoufand ; that mortals read only the ' fecond abridgement by SUMATI, while the * gods of the lower heaven, and the band of ce* leftial muficians, are engaged in ftudying the * primary code, beginning with the fifth verfe,...
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Manu (Lawgiver) - Hindu law - 1825 - 490 pages
...of mankind, in ' twelve thousand verses, and gave them to a son of ' BHRIGU, named SUMATI, who, for greater ease to the ' human race, reduced them to four thousand; that mor' tals ' tals read only the second abridgement by SUM ATI, * while the gods of the lower heaven,...
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Institutes of Hindu Law: Or, The Ordinances of Menu, According to the Gloss ...

Manu (Lawgiver) - Brahmans - 1825 - 488 pages
...of mankind, in ' twelve thousand verses, and gave them to a son of ' BHRIGU, named SUMATI, who, for greater ease to the ' human race, reduced them to four thousand; that mor' tals read only the second abridgement by SUMATI, ' while the gods of the lower heaven, and the...
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The Dial, Volume 3

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 560 pages
...translated." Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals, " while the gods of the lower heaven, and the band of...musicians, are engaged in studying the primary code." CUSTOM. "Immemorial custom is transcendent law." " The roots of the law are the whole Veda, the ordinances...
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The Dial, Volume 3

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 564 pages
...translated." Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals," while the gods of the lower heaven, and the band of...musicians, are engaged in studying the primary code." "A number of glosses or comments on Menu were composed by the Munis, or old philosophers, whose treatises,...
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Religions of the World: An Impartial History of Religious Creeds, Forms of ...

Thomas Low Nichols - Religions - 1855 - 138 pages
...translated.' Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience o: mortals, " while the gods of the lower heaven and the band of...musicians, are engaged in studying the primary code." CUSTOM. Immemorial custom is transcendant law. The roois of the law are the whole Veda, the ordinances...
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The Dial, Volume 1

Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...translated." Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals, "while the gods of the lower heaven, and the band of celestial musicians, arc engaged in studying the primary code." A number of glosses or comments on Menu were composed by...
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Institutes of Hindu Law, Or, The Ordinances of Menu [i.e., Manu]: According ...

Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - Hindu law - 1869 - 366 pages
...mankind, in twelve thousand verses, and gave them to a son of BHRIGU, PREFACE. XY11 named SUMATI, who, for greater ease to the human race, reduced them to four...SUMATI, while the gods of the lower heaven, and the hand of celestial musicians, are engaged in studying the primary code, beginning with the fifth verse,...
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Henry David Thoreau - Concord River - 1873 - 430 pages
...translated." Others affirm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals, " while the gods of the lower heaven and the band of...musicians are engaged in studying the primary code." — "A number of glosses or comments on Menu were composed by the Munis, or old philosophers, whose...
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 1

Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 562 pages
...translated." Others afinrm that they have undergone successive abridgments for the convenience of mortals, "while the gods of the lower heaven and the band of...musicians are engaged in studying the primary code." "A number of glosses or comments on Menu were composed by the Munis, or old philosophers, whose treatises,...
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