Works, Volum 7J. Stockdale, 1807 |
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Pàgina 77
... BHRIGU himself ; but the charac- ter of BHRIGU , and the whole dramatical ar- rangement of the book before us , are clearly fictitious and ornamental , with a defign , too common among ancient lawgivers , of stamping authority on the ...
... BHRIGU himself ; but the charac- ter of BHRIGU , and the whole dramatical ar- rangement of the book before us , are clearly fictitious and ornamental , with a defign , too common among ancient lawgivers , of stamping authority on the ...
Pàgina 84
... BHRIGU , named SUMATI , who , for greater ease to the human race , reduced them to four thousand ; that mortals read only the fecond abridgement by SUMATI , while the • " gods of the lower heaven , and the band of 84 THE PREFACE .
... BHRIGU , named SUMATI , who , for greater ease to the human race , reduced them to four thousand ; that mortals read only the fecond abridgement by SUMATI , while the • " gods of the lower heaven , and the band of 84 THE PREFACE .
Pàgina 97
... BHRIGU , and NA'RADA : 36. They , abundant in glory , produced feven other Menus , together with deities , and ⚫ the manfions of deities , and Mabarfbis , or great Sages , unlimited in 6 6 37 . power ; Benevolent genii , and fierce ...
... BHRIGU , and NA'RADA : 36. They , abundant in glory , produced feven other Menus , together with deities , and ⚫ the manfions of deities , and Mabarfbis , or great Sages , unlimited in 6 6 37 . power ; Benevolent genii , and fierce ...
Pàgina 101
... BHRIGU will repeat the ' divine code to you without omiffion ; for that fage learned from me to recite the whole of • it . ' 60. BHRIGU , great and wife , having thus been appointed by MENU to promulge his laws , addressed all the ...
... BHRIGU will repeat the ' divine code to you without omiffion ; for that fage learned from me to recite the whole of • it . ' 60. BHRIGU , great and wife , having thus been appointed by MENU to promulge his laws , addressed all the ...
Pàgina 156
... BHRIGU . · · 17. A Bráhmen , if he take a Súdra to his bed , as his first wife , finks to the regions of tor- ment ; if he beget a child by her , he loses even ⚫ his priestly rank : · · 18. His facrifices to the Gods , his oblations to ...
... BHRIGU . · · 17. A Bráhmen , if he take a Súdra to his bed , as his first wife , finks to the regions of tor- ment ; if he beget a child by her , he loses even ⚫ his priestly rank : · · 18. His facrifices to the Gods , his oblations to ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
againſt alfo alſo anceſtors anchorite becauſe beſt BHRIGU birth BRAHMA Bráhmen cafe caufe cauſe ceremony claffes clafs clarified butter claſs confidered conftantly creatures crime declared defire deftroyed diſcharge divine duty facraments facred facrifice fages falfely falſe falute fame father fcripture feek fervants fervile feven fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt flain fleſh foldier fome fráddha fruit ftudent ftudy fubfiftence fubjection fuch fupport fupreme give gods higheſt himſelf holy honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juft juftice juſt learned let the king manes MENU moſt muft muſt night obfequies obferve oblation occafion offence ordained panas perfon perform petit jury pleaſure preceptor prefent preſcribed prieſt publick puniſhment purified purpoſe read the Véda reaſon reſpect ſhall ſpirit ſuch Súdra themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion triliteral twiceborn underſtand uſed Veda wealth whofe whoſe wife witneffes witneſs woman
Passatges populars
Pàgina 87 - 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 82 - 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 261 - BY a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure : 148.
Pàgina 107 - ... 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 74 - ... 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 102 - 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 324 - By external signs let him see through the thoughts of men ; by their voice, colour, countenance, limbs, eyes, and action : 26. From the limbs, the look, the motion of the body, the gesticulation, the speech, the changes of the. eye and the face, are discovered the internal workings of the mind.
Pàgina 130 - For an unlearned man is in truth a child ; and he who teaches him the Veda, is his father. Holy sages have always said child to an ignorant man, and father to a teacher of scripture.
Pàgina 224 - Let him not have nimble hands, restless feet, or voluble eyes ; let him not be crooked in his ways ; let him not be flippant in his speech, nor intelligent in doing mischief.
Pàgina 275 - His hair, nails, and beard being clipped, bearing with him a dish, a staff, and a water-pot, his whole mind being fixed on GOD, let him wander about continually, without giving pain to animal or vegetable beings.