Life in Ancient IndiaSmith, Elder, 1856 - 464 страници |
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... knowledge of their history . When conquered and driven south by the Rajputs , some became desperate freebooters ; but others quietly submitted , and live now amongst their conquerors , partly as cultivators of the soil and partly as vil ...
... knowledge of their history . When conquered and driven south by the Rajputs , some became desperate freebooters ; but others quietly submitted , and live now amongst their conquerors , partly as cultivators of the soil and partly as vil ...
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... knowledge of these works . Nevertheless up to a very recent period Mr. Colebrooke has been the first autho- rity upon this subject , and his Essays are referred to and quoted by every writer on the Vedas , whether in India , Germany ...
... knowledge of these works . Nevertheless up to a very recent period Mr. Colebrooke has been the first autho- rity upon this subject , and his Essays are referred to and quoted by every writer on the Vedas , whether in India , Germany ...
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... knowledge of herbs and modes of medical treatment ; " ambrosia , " says a son of Kanwa , " is in the waters ; " all medicaments are in the waters ; " thus anticipating some three thousand years ago the hydropathic doctrine of the ...
... knowledge of herbs and modes of medical treatment ; " ambrosia , " says a son of Kanwa , " is in the waters ; " all medicaments are in the waters ; " thus anticipating some three thousand years ago the hydropathic doctrine of the ...
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... knowledge of medicaments . In poetry the Hindus undoubtedly excelled , but the mis- fortune is , that those who cannot read Sanskrit are by no means in a position to do them justice . The third book of the Rig - Veda is said to be ...
... knowledge of medicaments . In poetry the Hindus undoubtedly excelled , but the mis- fortune is , that those who cannot read Sanskrit are by no means in a position to do them justice . The third book of the Rig - Veda is said to be ...
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... knowledge of Brahme , who gradually became the most powerful section of the Hindu people . Colonel Sykes has shown that the word Brahman 66 is not a mere designation of office , but signifies 64 LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA .
... knowledge of Brahme , who gradually became the most powerful section of the Hindu people . Colonel Sykes has shown that the word Brahman 66 is not a mere designation of office , but signifies 64 LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA .
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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 427 - I am made evident by my own power; and as often as there is a decline of virtue, and an insurrection of vice and injustice, in the world, I make myself evident ; and thus I appear, from age to age, for the preservation of the just, the destruction of the wicked, and the establishment of virtue.
Страница 404 - Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition is to rest; Success doth only mitigate the fever Of anxious expectation; soon the fear Of losing what we have, the constant care Of guarding it, doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects.
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!