The Works of Sir William Jones, Volum 7J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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Pàgina 79
... son of PARA'SARA Com- VYA'SA ; mitted the traditional Védas to writing in the Sanfcrit of his father's time , the original of this book must have received its prefent form about 880 years before CHRIST's birth . If the texts , in- deed ...
... son of PARA'SARA Com- VYA'SA ; mitted the traditional Védas to writing in the Sanfcrit of his father's time , the original of this book must have received its prefent form about 880 years before CHRIST's birth . If the texts , in- deed ...
Pàgina 90
... of their own religion , and the benefit of those laws , which they have been taught to believe facred , and which alone they can poffibly comprehend . · W. JONES . THE LAWS OF MENU , SON OF BRAHMÁ , CHAPTER 90 THE PREFACE .
... of their own religion , and the benefit of those laws , which they have been taught to believe facred , and which alone they can poffibly comprehend . · W. JONES . THE LAWS OF MENU , SON OF BRAHMÁ , CHAPTER 90 THE PREFACE .
Pàgina 91
William Jones. THE LAWS OF MENU , SON OF BRAHMÁ , CHAPTER THE FIRST . On the Creation ; with a Summary of the Contents . < 1. MENU fat reclined , with his attention fixed on one object , the fupreme GOD ; when the di- vine Sages ...
William Jones. THE LAWS OF MENU , SON OF BRAHMÁ , CHAPTER THE FIRST . On the Creation ; with a Summary of the Contents . < 1. MENU fat reclined , with his attention fixed on one object , the fupreme GOD ; when the di- vine Sages ...
Pàgina 161
... son , approach his wife in due feafon on the even nights ; . 4 6 ( C < C 6 6 6 49. But a boy is in truth produced by the greater quantity of the male ftrength ; and a girl , by the greater quantity of the female ; by equality , an ...
... son , approach his wife in due feafon on the even nights ; . 4 6 ( C < C 6 6 6 49. But a boy is in truth produced by the greater quantity of the male ftrength ; and a girl , by the greater quantity of the female ; by equality , an ...
Pàgina 179
... son of a twice - married " < woman , a man who has loft one eye , and a " hufband in whofe houfe an adulterer dwells , 156. One who teaches the Véda for wages , ' and one who gives wages to fuch a teacher , the pupil of a Súdra , and ...
... son of a twice - married " < woman , a man who has loft one eye , and a " hufband in whofe houfe an adulterer dwells , 156. One who teaches the Véda for wages , ' and one who gives wages to fuch a teacher , the pupil of a Súdra , and ...
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The Works of Sir William Jones: With the Life of the Author by Lord ..., Volum 7 William Jones Visualització completa - 1807 |
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acts againſt alſo anceſtors anchorite becauſe beſt BHRIGU birth BRAHMA Bráhmen buſineſs cafe caufe cauſe ceremony claffes clafs clarified butter claſs confidered conftantly crime declared defire deſtroy diſcharge divine duty facraments facred facrifice fages falfe falute fame father fcripture feek fervants fervile feven fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt flain foldier fome fpirit fráddha fruit ftudent fubfiftence fubject fuch fupport fupreme give giver gods higheſt himſelf Hindu holy honour houſe hundred panas huſband increaſe intereft juft juſt juſtice learned lefs let the king manes meaſures MENU moſt muft muſt night obfequies obferve oblation occafions offence ordained perfon perform petit jury pleaſure preceptor prefent preferved preſcribed prieſt publick puniſhment purified purpoſe read the Véda reaſon reſpect ſeveral ſhall ſuch Súdra theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion triliteral twiceborn underſtand uſed Veda wealth whofe whoſe wife witneſs woman
Passatges populars
Pàgina 96 - From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object of sense, existing everywhere in substance, not existing to our perception, without beginning or end, was produced the divine male, famed in all worlds under the appellation of BRAHMA'.
Pàgina 79 - ... system of duties, religious and civil, and of law in all its branches, which the Hindus firmly believe to have been promulged in the beginning of time by MENU, son or grandson of BRAHMA', or, in plain language, the first of created beings, and not the oldest only, but the holiest, of legislators...
Pàgina 116 - ... 14. But, when there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent, both are held to be law ; for both are pronounced by the wise to be valid and reconcilable ; 15. Thus in the Veda are these texts : " let the sacrifice be when the sun has arisen...
Pàgina 91 - The work, now presented to the European world, contains abundance of curious matter extremely interesting both to speculative lawyers and antiquaries, with many beauties, which need not be pointed out, and with many blemishes, which cannot be justified or palliated. It is a system of despotism and priestcraft, both indeed limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support...
Pàgina 296 - A king, even though a child, must not be treated lightly, from an idea that he is a mere mortal: no, he is a powerful divinity, who appears in a human shape.
Pàgina 84 - Apis; and, though we should be constantly on our guard against the delusion of etymological conjecture, yet we cannot but admit that MINOS and MNEUES, or Mneuis, have only Greek terminations, but that the crude noun is composed of the same radical letters both in Greek and in Sanscrit. ' That APIS and MNEUIS, ' says the Analyst of ancient Mythology, ' were both representations of some per...
Pàgina 128 - The act of repeating his Holy Name is ten times better than the appointed sacrifice ; an hundred times better when it is heard by no man ; and a thousand times better when it is purely mental : 86.
Pàgina 111 - The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence in thought, in word and in deed. " He confers purity on his living family, on his ancestors, and on his descendants as far as the seventh person, and he alone deserves to possess this whole earth.
Pàgina 393 - SHOULD a wife, proud of her family and the great qualities of her kinsmen, actually violate the duty, which she owes to her lord, let the king condemn her to be devoured by dogs in a place much frequented ; 372.