The History of British India, Том 1J. Madden, 1848 |
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... Bengal , " the nature and magnitude of our acquisitions , the characters of the people placed under our dominion , their difference of language , and dissimilarity of man- ners ; that we entered upon the administration of the government ...
... Bengal , " the nature and magnitude of our acquisitions , the characters of the people placed under our dominion , their difference of language , and dissimilarity of man- ners ; that we entered upon the administration of the government ...
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... Bengal Establishment , Preface , p . xii . See other passages to the same purpose , Introduction , p . iv . v . xi .; also i . 77 , 357 , 415. And Mr. Tytler quotes with peculiar approbation the passages already given from the Minute of ...
... Bengal Establishment , Preface , p . xii . See other passages to the same purpose , Introduction , p . iv . v . xi .; also i . 77 , 357 , 415. And Mr. Tytler quotes with peculiar approbation the passages already given from the Minute of ...
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... Bengal to denote the native who ma- nages the money - concerns of the Euro- pean , and sometimes serves him as an interpreter . At Madras , the same de- scription of persons is called Dubash , which signifies one who can speak two ...
... Bengal to denote the native who ma- nages the money - concerns of the Euro- pean , and sometimes serves him as an interpreter . At Madras , the same de- scription of persons is called Dubash , which signifies one who can speak two ...
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... Bengal , to denote the Hindu writer and accountant , em- ployed by themselves , or in the public offices . See Sircar . COLLURIES , COLEREES . Saltworks , the places where salt is made . COOLIES , COOLY . Porter , labourer . Coss . A ...
... Bengal , to denote the Hindu writer and accountant , em- ployed by themselves , or in the public offices . See Sircar . COLLURIES , COLEREES . Saltworks , the places where salt is made . COOLIES , COOLY . Porter , labourer . Coss . A ...
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... Bengal . POTTAH . A lease granted to the cultiva- tors on the part of government , either written on paper , or engraved with a style on the leaf of the fan palmira tree . PUNDIT . A learned Brahmen . PURANA , POORAN . Literally ancient ...
... Bengal . POTTAH . A lease granted to the cultiva- tors on the part of government , either written on paper , or engraved with a style on the leaf of the fan palmira tree . PUNDIT . A learned Brahmen . PURANA , POORAN . Literally ancient ...
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Страница 491 - ... then the sole self-existing power, himself undiscerned, but making this world discernible, with five elements and other principles of nature, appeared with undiminished glory, expanding his idea, or dispelling the gloom. He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person.
Страница 312 - Under this simple form of municipal government, the inhabitants of the country have lived from time immemorial. The boundaries of the villages have been but seldom altered ; and though the villages themselves have been sometimes injured and even desolated by war, famine and disease, the same name, the same limits, the same interests and even the same families, have continued for ages. The inhabitants...
Страница 312 - The inhabitants give themselves no trouble about the breaking up and division of kingdoms. While the village remains entire, they care not to what power it is transferred, or to what sovereign it devolves. Its internal economy remains unchanged.
Страница 493 - 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.
Страница 407 - Let him slide backwards and forwards on the ground ; or let him stand a whole day on tiptoe ; or let him continue in motion rising and sitting alternately : but at sunrise, at noon, and at sunset, let him go to the waters and bathe. In the hot season, let him sit exposed to five fires ; four blazing around him, with the sun above : in the rains, let him stand uncovered, without even a mantle, and where the clouds pour the heaviest showers ; in the cold season, let him wear humid vesture ; and let...
Страница 386 - We must not be surprised," he says, " at finding, on a close examination, that the characters of all the Pagan deities, male and female, melt into each other and at last into one or two; for it seems a well-founded opinion, that the whole crowd of gods and goddesses in ancient Rome, and modern Varanes [Benares] mean only the powers of nature, and principally those of the Sun, expressed in a variety of ways and by a multitude of fanciful names.
Страница 446 - BY a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure : 148.
Страница 236 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...
Страница 524 - But if a good system of agriculture, unrivalled manufacturing skill, a capacity to produce whatever can contribute to either convenience or luxury, schools established in every village for teaching reading, writing and arithmetic, the general practice of hospitality and charity amongst each other, and, above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a civilized people — then the Hindus are not inferior to the nations of Europe;...