Life in Ancient IndiaSmith, Elder, 1856 - 464 страници |
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... Persians wrote the word with an H , but the Greeks omitted the aspirate ; and at present we use both forms , only geographers and historians con- sider it more correct to limit Hindustan to that part of the country which lies to the ...
... Persians wrote the word with an H , but the Greeks omitted the aspirate ; and at present we use both forms , only geographers and historians con- sider it more correct to limit Hindustan to that part of the country which lies to the ...
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... Persia , India and Bactria , and , we may almost say , between India and Tartary . At the present day it is occupied by a border population , made up of many races , with a mixed religion , half Hindu and half Moham- medan . The name ...
... Persia , India and Bactria , and , we may almost say , between India and Tartary . At the present day it is occupied by a border population , made up of many races , with a mixed religion , half Hindu and half Moham- medan . The name ...
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... Persians and Hindus alone were left to cultivate their common language , and bear the name of Aryan , —a name which the Persians long retained , as may be seen in the inscriptions at Nakshi Rustam . Lastly , the Hindus quitted the ...
... Persians and Hindus alone were left to cultivate their common language , and bear the name of Aryan , —a name which the Persians long retained , as may be seen in the inscriptions at Nakshi Rustam . Lastly , the Hindus quitted the ...
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... Persia nor China afford chro- nicles referring to contiguous countries of such remote anti- quity ; and consequently when the Rig - Veda lets the curtain fall , a pause ensues of about six centuries . At length the same people , with ...
... Persia nor China afford chro- nicles referring to contiguous countries of such remote anti- quity ; and consequently when the Rig - Veda lets the curtain fall , a pause ensues of about six centuries . At length the same people , with ...
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... Persian ; but the appearance of the Gods upon earth , their consultations in heaven , and the episodes , are all omitted in the Persian copy . * The Pandus and the Kurus were descendants of a king named Bharata , much respected , but ...
... Persian ; but the appearance of the Gods upon earth , their consultations in heaven , and the episodes , are all omitted in the Persian copy . * The Pandus and the Kurus were descendants of a king named Bharata , much respected , but ...
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Agni amongst ancient appear Arjuna Asoka attained Ayodhya beautiful Brah Brahmans Brahme brothers Buddha Buddhist Burnouf called Caste Ceylon charioteer Charudatta chief cloth Code of Manu commenced court Damayanti Dasaratha daughter death Deity dharma divine Draupadi Drona earth Edicts elephants eyes father fire flowers forest give Gods gold Greek Guzerat H. H. Wilson Hastinapura heart heaven hermit hills Himalaya Hindu holy honour horses hundred husband hymns Ibid India Indra jewels Kalidasa King Krishna Kshatriyas Lassen learned literature live lord lotus Mahabharata Mahawanso Malwa mother mountains Nala offerings Ougein Panchala Pandus penance poem present priests princes Prinsep Professor Wilson Raja Rama religious rich Rig-Veda river sacred sacrifice sage Sakya Sankhya Sanskrit says Siva soul spirit story Sudra temples thee thou tion translated trees tribes Vaisyas Vasanta Veda Vesali Vihara Viradha Vishnu whilst wife women wood worship Yama Yudhishthira
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Страница 66 - He, prior to whom nothing was born, and who became all things ; himself the lord of creatures with a body composed of sixteen members, being delighted by creation, produced the three luminaries, the sun, the moon, and fire. To what God should we offer oblations, but to him who made the fluid sky and solid earth ; who fixed the solar orb and celestial abode : and who formed drops of rain in the atmosphere!