Among the Gods: Scenes of India : with Legends by the WayW. Blackwood, 1895 - 355 páginas Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. |
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Among the Gods: Scenes of India, with Legends by the Way (1895) Augusta Klein Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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adorned Ahura Mazda ancient Balarama beautiful behold Benares beneath Brahmans bright Buddha Buddhist building Calcutta Christian Church colour countenance crimson crowded Darjiling dark delightful demons Durga earth elephant English Eugène Burnouf eyes Fa-hien face feet flowers friends gaze gharry Ghat giant glowing goddess gods gopuras Guru Gwaliar hath head height Hindu holy India Indra Jaina journey King Krishna legends length light look Lord lovely marble Markandeya Mathurá mighty mind Mission Missionary monkeys morning mountain Nanak native Nazareth night pagoda palace Parvati pass Pataliputra pillars present Purana Pursotum Raja River robes round sacred saith says Philippa scene sculpture Sebaste seems shadow shining sits Siva solemn splendour stand strange sunshine T. W. Rhys Davids Tamil temple thee thereof things thither thou Tinnevelli towering travellers trees Trimurti turbans unto venerable Vishnu visitors wherein wherewith wonderful worship
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Página 340 - And of two men, he who fills himself with meat is filled with the good spirit much more than he who does not do so: the latter is all but dead; the former is above him by the worth of an asperena (dirhem, dime), by the worth of a sheep, by the worth of an ox, by the worth of a man.
Página 351 - At the end of the third night, when the dawn appears, it seems to the soul of the faithful one, as if it were brought amidst plants and scents : it seems as if a wind were blowing from the region of the south, from the regions of the south, a sweet-scented wind, sweeter-scented than any other wind in the world.
Página 352 - O thou youth of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, of good religion, I am thine own conscience ! " ' Everybody did love thee for that greatness, goodness, fairness, sweet-scentedness, victorious strength and freedom from sorrow, in which thou dost appear to me...
Página 166 - It is time for you to do what you deem most fit.' 22. And the Blessed One robed himself, took his bowl and other things, went with the brethren to the rest house, washed his feet, entered the hall, and took his seat against the centre pillar, with his face towards the east. And the brethren also, after washing their feet, entered the hall, and took their seats round the Blessed One, against the western wall, and facing the east.
Página 260 - Sal tree, in a squatting position with joined heels exposing himself to the heat of the sun, with the knees high and the head low, in deep meditation, in the midst of abstract meditation, he reached nirvana, the complete and full, the unobstructed, unimpeded, infinite and supreme, best knowledge and intuition, called kevala (total).
Página 162 - In his hand are the deep places of the earth : The strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it : And his hands formed the dry land.
Página 314 - And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Página 350 - And whosoever shall awake at his voice, neither shall the thief nor the wolf steal anything from his house, without his being warned, the. wolf shall be smitten and torn to pieces; he is driven away, he flees away.
Página 345 - O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man shall bury in the earth either the corpse of a dog or the corpse of a man, and if he shall not disinter it within half a year, what is the penalty that he shall pay ? Ahura Mazda answered : " Five hundred stripes with the Aspahe-astra, five hundred stripes with the Sraosho-karana.
Página 166 - One had thus taught the disciples, and incited them, and roused them, and gladdened them, far into the night with religious discourse, he dismissed them, saying, 'The night is far spent, O householders. It is time for you to do what you deem most fit.