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Pàgina 20
... cattle and gold , and a Sudra by every ' crime that can be committed ; ' but the brevity of this text has made it obfcure , and open to different interpretations . The fubject is , there- fore , difficult for want of accurate ...
... cattle and gold , and a Sudra by every ' crime that can be committed ; ' but the brevity of this text has made it obfcure , and open to different interpretations . The fubject is , there- fore , difficult for want of accurate ...
Pàgina 97
... 6 · 39 . Horfe - faced fylvans , apes , fish , and a variety of birds , tame cattle , deer , men , and • ravenous beasts with two rows of teeth ; VOL . V. H C 6 40. ' Small and large reptiles , moths SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS . 97.
... 6 · 39 . Horfe - faced fylvans , apes , fish , and a variety of birds , tame cattle , deer , men , and • ravenous beasts with two rows of teeth ; VOL . V. H C 6 40. ' Small and large reptiles , moths SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS . 97.
Pàgina 98
... Cattle and deer , and wild beasts with ' two rows of teeth , giants , and blood - thirsty favages , and the race of men , are born from a • fecundine : 44. Birds are hatched from eggs ; fo ⚫are fnakes , crocodiles , fish without shells ...
... Cattle and deer , and wild beasts with ' two rows of teeth , giants , and blood - thirsty favages , and the race of men , are born from a • fecundine : 44. Birds are hatched from eggs ; fo ⚫are fnakes , crocodiles , fish without shells ...
Pàgina 105
... ' To keep herds of cattle , to bestow lar- ' geffes , to facrifice , to read the fcripture , to carry on trade , to lend at intereft , and to culti- vate land , are prefcribed or permitted to a " SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS . 105.
... ' To keep herds of cattle , to bestow lar- ' geffes , to facrifice , to read the fcripture , to carry on trade , to lend at intereft , and to culti- vate land , are prefcribed or permitted to a " SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS . 105.
Pàgina 170
... cattle belonging to the giver of fuch food . 6 6 6 105. No gueft muft be difmiffed in the even- ing by a house - keeper : he is fent by the retir- ing fun ; and , whether he come in fit season or ' unfeasonably , he muft not fojourn in ...
... cattle belonging to the giver of fuch food . 6 6 6 105. No gueft muft be difmiffed in the even- ing by a house - keeper : he is fent by the retir- ing fun ; and , whether he come in fit season or ' unfeasonably , he muft not fojourn in ...
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.