The Mythology of the Hindus: With Notices of the Various Mountain and Island Tribes Inhabiting the Two Peninsulas of India and the Neighbouring Islands, and an Appendix Comprising the Minor Avatars and the Mythological and Religious Terms, &c, &c of the Hindus |
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... idol whom they dare to name , they are mentally addressing the Creator of the universe , whom they dare not ... idols , can at all harmonize with that pure and spiritual worship , which they are supposed ( according to the argument in ...
... idol whom they dare to name , they are mentally addressing the Creator of the universe , whom they dare not ... idols , can at all harmonize with that pure and spiritual worship , which they are supposed ( according to the argument in ...
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... idol , are upwards of a hundred of his priests and their attendants . As the pondrous car rolls on , some of the devotees and worship- pers of the idol throw themselves under the wheels , and are crushed to death ; and numbers lose ...
... idol , are upwards of a hundred of his priests and their attendants . As the pondrous car rolls on , some of the devotees and worship- pers of the idol throw themselves under the wheels , and are crushed to death ; and numbers lose ...
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... idol , and his brother and sister , Subhadra , are lodged . Adjoining are two pyramidical build- ings . In one , about forty feet square , the idol is worshipped ; and in the other , the food prepared for the pilgrims is distributed ...
... idol , and his brother and sister , Subhadra , are lodged . Adjoining are two pyramidical build- ings . In one , about forty feet square , the idol is worshipped ; and in the other , the food prepared for the pilgrims is distributed ...
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... idols which accompany him . plate 13 , from a compartment in the temple of Rama , he is represented in company with Bala Rama and Subhadra , without arms or legs . In fig . 2 , It is to be hoped that the worship of this fascinating ...
... idols which accompany him . plate 13 , from a compartment in the temple of Rama , he is represented in company with Bala Rama and Subhadra , without arms or legs . In fig . 2 , It is to be hoped that the worship of this fascinating ...
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... idols ; as are the numbers of the wor- shippers of this symbol , beyond comparison , more extensive than the worshippers of the other deities or their emblems . The Binlang stone is also sacred to Siva . Besides the daily worship of the ...
... idols ; as are the numbers of the wor- shippers of this symbol , beyond comparison , more extensive than the worshippers of the other deities or their emblems . The Binlang stone is also sacred to Siva . Besides the daily worship of the ...
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Page 140 - The very birth of Brahmans is a constant incarnation of Dherma, God of Justice; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. "When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil.
Page viii - ... a spirit of sublime devotion, of benevolence to mankind, and of amiable tenderness to all sentient creatures, pervades the whole work ; the style of it has a certain austere majesty, that sounds like the language of legislation and extorts a respectful awe; the sentiments of independence on all beings but GOD, and the harsh admonitions even to kings, are truly noble...
Page 137 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the god-head who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Page 330 - Europeans so frequently confounded ; the latter having been stationary at least as long as we have known them, while the slightest impulse seems sufficient to give a determination to the Japanese character, which would progressively improve until it attained the same height of civilization with the European.
Page 154 - When a body, formed of five elements to receive the reward of deeds done in its own former person, reverts to its five original principles, what room is there for regret?
Page 146 - ... with poison, or a poignard, or some other instrument of suicide in his hand, and threatening to use it if his adversary should attempt to molest or pass him, he thus completely arrests him.