Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and EssaysTrübner and Company, 1879 - 365 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 52.
Страница 6
... clothes from the moment they quit Mecca till they reach home . Next , the grand range of the Sierra Nevada , with its sharp serrated outline , came into view on our left . I believe its principal mountain is little short of 12,000 feet ...
... clothes from the moment they quit Mecca till they reach home . Next , the grand range of the Sierra Nevada , with its sharp serrated outline , came into view on our left . I believe its principal mountain is little short of 12,000 feet ...
Страница 30
... cloth laid on flax straw . All the doors had two coverings or rather flaps , one of the same material as the tent , the other a kind of wire screen , called a chick , to let in air , and keep out as far as possible inquisitive intruders ...
... cloth laid on flax straw . All the doors had two coverings or rather flaps , one of the same material as the tent , the other a kind of wire screen , called a chick , to let in air , and keep out as far as possible inquisitive intruders ...
Страница 45
... clothes need very little stitching . Still such sewing as may be required is always done by the tailor and his wife , never by the women of the family . 10. The tenth personage in the catalogue is the Mochi , or shoemaker - who repairs ...
... clothes need very little stitching . Still such sewing as may be required is always done by the tailor and his wife , never by the women of the family . 10. The tenth personage in the catalogue is the Mochi , or shoemaker - who repairs ...
Страница 60
... clothing , while the children , up to six or seven years of age , run about as they came into the world , without a single encumbrance , except perhaps a necklace and a few bangles . The picturesque costumes of the better clothed - espe ...
... clothing , while the children , up to six or seven years of age , run about as they came into the world , without a single encumbrance , except perhaps a necklace and a few bangles . The picturesque costumes of the better clothed - espe ...
Страница 61
... cloth wound gracefully round the person , and often brought over the head . In the case of women of the higher classes , who are rarely seen in public except in the Maratha country , this long robe , which is called a sārī , is at least ...
... cloth wound gracefully round the person , and often brought over the head . In the case of women of the higher classes , who are rarely seen in public except in the Maratha country , this long robe , which is called a sārī , is at least ...
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
ancient Arabic Aryan Asiatic Society believe Benares Bengal Bombay Brahmans British Buddha Buddhist Calcutta called Cambridge caste century Ceylon character Chinese Christianity Civil cloth College Commentary creeds Crown 8vo Demy 8vo dialects DICTIONARY district divine doctrines Early East Empire England English European F. J. FURNIVALL female Glossary Government GRAMMAR Gujarat Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism History Islām kind Kuran language late literature LL.D London Lord Madras Maps Maratha MARTIN HAUG millions Missionary Muhammad Muhammadan Muslims native Notes original Oxford Pandits Pārsi Parsis Persian Ph.D pindas plates Post 8vo prayer present principal Professor races religion religious Rig-veda round Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society sacred Sanskrit schools Second Edition sewed Śiva Southern India spirit supposed T. W. RHYS DAVIDS temple Text tion town Translated tribes University Veda vernacular viii village Vishnu W. W. SKEAT whole women words worship
Популярни откъси
Страница 290 - The question now before us is simply whether, when it is in our power to teach this language, we shall teach languages in which, by universal confession, there are no books on any subject which deserve to be compared to our own...
Страница 57 - Wake. — THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY. Being a History of the Development of Moral Culture. By C. STANILAND WAKE, author of "Chapters on Man,
Страница 1 - ALABASTER. — THE WHEEL OF THE LAW : Buddhism illustrated from Siamese Sources by the Modern Buddhist, a Life of Buddha, and an Account of the Phra Bat. By Henry Alabaster, Esq., Interpreter of Her Majesty's Consulate-General in Siam, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Страница 13 - By the Rev. Canon CaUaway, MD VoL I., 8vo, pp. xiv. and 378, cloth. 1868. 16s. CALLAWAY.— THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF THE AMAZULU. Part I. — Unkulunkulu ; or, The Tradition of Creation as existing among the Amazulu and other Tribes of South Africa, in their own words, with a Translation into English, and Notes.
Страница 27 - List of liooks illustrating English Dialects. Part I. Containing a General List of Dictionaries, etc. ; and a List of Books relating to some of the Counties of England.
Страница 56 - Vols., post 8vo. cloth. THE POEMS OF HAFIZ OF SHIRAZ. Translated from the Persian into English Verse by EH PALMER, MA, Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge. Post 8vo.
Страница 32 - Demy 4to, pp. xx. and 384, printed on fine stout plate-paper, with appropriate Oriental Bordering in gold and colour, and Illustrations by JR Herbert, RA 1875.
Страница 48 - Jasan. — A SANSKRIT AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Being an Abridgment of Professor Wilson's Dictionary. With an Appendix explaining the use of Affixes in Sanskrit. By Pandit RAM JASAN, Queen's College, Benares. Published under the Patronage of the Government, NWP Royal 8vo. cloth, pp. ii. and 707. 28s.