Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Hatchard, 1806 - 531 pages |
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Page 309
... Brahman of this province , named Raghunanden , and is comprised in twenty - seven books at least , on every branch of Hindu law : the second , which the Arabs called the Indian decisions , is known here by the title of Fetaweh Aalemgiri ...
... Brahman of this province , named Raghunanden , and is comprised in twenty - seven books at least , on every branch of Hindu law : the second , which the Arabs called the Indian decisions , is known here by the title of Fetaweh Aalemgiri ...
Page 322
... Brahmans ; but I have seen enough of it to be convinced , that the doctrines of the Vidanti school are Platonic . Sir WILLIAM JONES to J. SHORE , Esq . Jan. 26 , 1789 . Let me trouble you , as you see Colonel Kyd oftener than I do , to ...
... Brahmans ; but I have seen enough of it to be convinced , that the doctrines of the Vidanti school are Platonic . Sir WILLIAM JONES to J. SHORE , Esq . Jan. 26 , 1789 . Let me trouble you , as you see Colonel Kyd oftener than I do , to ...
Page 325
... Brahman , who brought it from Sambhu Chaudra Rai , said it was twelve years old ; I believe it had not been written twelve days . He said * The reader will thank me for giving him an opportunity of perusing the passage , at the close of ...
... Brahman , who brought it from Sambhu Chaudra Rai , said it was twelve years old ; I believe it had not been written twelve days . He said * The reader will thank me for giving him an opportunity of perusing the passage , at the close of ...
Page 347
... Brahmans ; but I am not sure , that I have not added the epi- thet prolific , to distinguish it from common dust , which would have been the exact version of renu . The blue nymphæa , which I have sound reasons for believing the lotus ...
... Brahmans ; but I am not sure , that I have not added the epi- thet prolific , to distinguish it from common dust , which would have been the exact version of renu . The blue nymphæa , which I have sound reasons for believing the lotus ...
Page 380
... Brahmans affords a proof of an immemorial and total difference between the savages of the mountains , as the Chinese call the Tartars , and the studious , placid , contemplative inhabitants of India . Pure theism appears to have ...
... Brahmans affords a proof of an immemorial and total difference between the savages of the mountains , as the Chinese call the Tartars , and the studious , placid , contemplative inhabitants of India . Pure theism appears to have ...
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