Asiatic Researches; Or, Transactions of the Society, Instituted in Bengal,: For Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. ... Printed Verbatim from the Calcutta Edition..J. Sewell; Vernor and Hood; J. Cuthell; J. Walker; R. Lea; Lackington, Allen, and Company; Otridge and son; R. Faulder; and J. Scatcherd., 1807 |
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... tribe , applied to VARUNA , the God of the Ocean , to fupply him with a tract of ground to bestow on the Bráhmens ; and VA- RUNA having accordingly withdrawn his waters from the Gowkern ( a hill in the vicinity of Mangalore ) to Cape ...
... tribe , applied to VARUNA , the God of the Ocean , to fupply him with a tract of ground to bestow on the Bráhmens ; and VA- RUNA having accordingly withdrawn his waters from the Gowkern ( a hill in the vicinity of Mangalore ) to Cape ...
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... tribes of Bráhmens , and to have directed that the en- tire produce of the foil fhould be appropriated to their maintenance , and towards the edification of temples , and for the fupport of divine worship ; whence it ftill continues to ...
... tribes of Bráhmens , and to have directed that the en- tire produce of the foil fhould be appropriated to their maintenance , and towards the edification of temples , and for the fupport of divine worship ; whence it ftill continues to ...
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... tribes to their particular duties , down to the lowest orders of the fourth , consisting of the artificers , tillers of the foil , and inhabitants of the woods , whom he declared it unlawful for the other cafts to approach , infomuch ...
... tribes to their particular duties , down to the lowest orders of the fourth , consisting of the artificers , tillers of the foil , and inhabitants of the woods , whom he declared it unlawful for the other cafts to approach , infomuch ...
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... tribe of Oordhabahu , or whose arms and hands re- main constantly in a fixed position above their heads ) afforded me an opportunity of causing to be committed to writing , an in- teresting account of his various travels throughout ...
... tribe of Oordhabahu , or whose arms and hands re- main constantly in a fixed position above their heads ) afforded me an opportunity of causing to be committed to writing , an in- teresting account of his various travels throughout ...
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... tribe than her own . * " Alone in lewdness , riotous and free , " No spousal rights withhold , and no degree : " In unendear'd embraces free they blend , " Yet but the husband's kindred may ascend " The nuptial couch . Alas ! too blest ...
... tribe than her own . * " Alone in lewdness , riotous and free , " No spousal rights withhold , and no degree : " In unendear'd embraces free they blend , " Yet but the husband's kindred may ascend " The nuptial couch . Alas ! too blest ...
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Página vii - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Página vii - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Página vii - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Página ix - The work, now presented to the European world, contains abundance of curious matter extremely interesting both to speculative lawyers and antiquaries, with many beauties, which need not be pointed out, and with many blemishes, which cannot be justified or palliated. It is a system of despotism and priestcraft, both indeed limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support...
Página vii - HE gave being to time and the divisions of time, to the stars also, and to the planets, to rivers, oceans, and mountains, to level plains, and uneven valleys.
Página 161 - I made experiments, nankeen, from the ftrength and quality of its fabric, appeared the beft calculated for coating with the gum. The method I followed in performing this, was, to lay the cloth fmooth upon a table, pour the milk upon it, and with a ruler to fpread it equally. But fhould this ever be attempted on a...
Página 17 - Nayi-ea the noble rank is claimed ; ' The toils of culture and of art they scorn, ' The warrior's plumes their haughty brows adorn ; ' The shining faulchion brandish'd in the right, ' Their left arm wields the target in the fight ; ' Of danger scornful, ever armed they...
Página x - ... and the very morals, though rigid enough on the whole, are in one or two instances (as in the case of light oaths and of pious perjury) unaccountably relaxed...
Página 394 - ... about fix inches high and four in diameter in its plain furface ; this is fupported by three wooden feet, each of which is more than a foot in length. Upon the upper flat part of this machine are holes, or pits, for the larger pearls, and the fmaller ones are beat in with a wooden hammer.
Página 382 - A prince may facrifae his enemy, having firft invoked the ax with holy texts, by fubitituting a buffalo or goat, calling the victim by the name of the enemy throughout the whole ceremony.