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... according to the various creeds of Hindus- tan , implies obliviousness in reference to all earthly 1 The only exception is the Rája Taringini , a quasi - historical account of Kashmir ; and even this , accord- ing to Prof. Wilson ...
... according to the various creeds of Hindus- tan , implies obliviousness in reference to all earthly 1 The only exception is the Rája Taringini , a quasi - historical account of Kashmir ; and even this , accord- ing to Prof. Wilson ...
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... According to Hol- well's theory , our blessed Lord was a reappearance of ' Birmah , ' but the exact substance of His teaching can be no longer ascertained , owing to grievous corruptions and disfigure- ments which it was made to undergo ...
... According to Hol- well's theory , our blessed Lord was a reappearance of ' Birmah , ' but the exact substance of His teaching can be no longer ascertained , owing to grievous corruptions and disfigure- ments which it was made to undergo ...
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... according to the letter . The mythe became an object not of fancy but of faith ; and the relations of natural and supernatural being thus inverted and obscured , the law was substituted for the Legislator , and the Giver hidden from ...
... according to the letter . The mythe became an object not of fancy but of faith ; and the relations of natural and supernatural being thus inverted and obscured , the law was substituted for the Legislator , and the Giver hidden from ...
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... according to the aspects it assumed in reference to the worshipper . Hence , also , every province of creation was soon peopled by spiritual energies , all varying in their character with human hopes and fears , with human interests and ...
... according to the aspects it assumed in reference to the worshipper . Hence , also , every province of creation was soon peopled by spiritual energies , all varying in their character with human hopes and fears , with human interests and ...
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... According to this ver- sion of his life , the Aryan colonist was originally nomadic in his habits : he was led from plain to plain , or from one lofty plateau to another in quest of milder skies and richer pasturage . At length , indeed ...
... According to this ver- sion of his life , the Aryan colonist was originally nomadic in his habits : he was led from plain to plain , or from one lofty plateau to another in quest of milder skies and richer pasturage . At length , indeed ...
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Page 166 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Page 175 - Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 11 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Page 146 - Heri, whose dwelling was on the waves ; and who now, in compassion to thy servants, bearest the form of the natives of the deep. Salutation and praise to thee, O first male, the Lord of creation, of preservation, of destruction ! Thou art the highest object, O supreme Ruler, of us thy adorers, who piously seek thee. All thy delusive descents in this world give existence to various beings : yet I am anxious to know for what cause that shape has been assumed by thee. Let me not, O...
Page 162 - By his irresistible might he will destroy all the Mlechas (barbarians or foreigners) and thieves, and all whose minds are devoted to iniquity. He will then reestablish righteousness upon earth ; and the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali age shall be awakened and shall be as pellucid as crystal. The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time, shall be as seeds of human beings, and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the Krita age, or age of purity. As...
Page 146 - In seven days from the present time, O thou tamer of enemies, the three worlds will be plunged in an ocean of death; but, in the midst of the destroying waves, a large vessel, sent by me for thy use, shall stand before thee. Then shalt thou take all medicinal herbs, all the variety of seeds: and, accompanied by seven saints, encircled by pairs of all brute animals, thou shalt enter the spacious ark, and continne in it secure from the flood, on one immense ocean, without light except the radiance...