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Pàgina 11
... Vishnu , the Preserver , and Siva , the Destroyer , who is likewise the Reproducer of forms . Brahma is represented in poetry , and in painted sculpture , as a golden - coloured human figure , with three HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 11.
... Vishnu , the Preserver , and Siva , the Destroyer , who is likewise the Reproducer of forms . Brahma is represented in poetry , and in painted sculpture , as a golden - coloured human figure , with three HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 11.
Pàgina 12
... Vishnu , and other deities , repair in emergencies , to consult his oracle ; but the response becomes audible only after days of devotion and prayer . All seems to indicate that Brah- ma was the expression of a more spiritual idea ...
... Vishnu , and other deities , repair in emergencies , to consult his oracle ; but the response becomes audible only after days of devotion and prayer . All seems to indicate that Brah- ma was the expression of a more spiritual idea ...
Pàgina 15
... Vishnu to circumvent their plans . To perform this mis sion successfully , he assumed various forms at different times , and was twice incarnated in a human body , an dwelt among mortals . The wonderful and universal power of light and ...
... Vishnu to circumvent their plans . To perform this mis sion successfully , he assumed various forms at different times , and was twice incarnated in a human body , an dwelt among mortals . The wonderful and universal power of light and ...
Pàgina 17
... Vishnu represent it on their foreheads by a horizontal mark , with three short per- pendicular lines . The serious impression made on the minds of ancient devotees by the great mysteries of conception and birth , is everywhere ...
... Vishnu represent it on their foreheads by a horizontal mark , with three short per- pendicular lines . The serious impression made on the minds of ancient devotees by the great mysteries of conception and birth , is everywhere ...
Pàgina 18
... Vishnu , the Preserver . Siva has numerous wives , according to his various titles in the multifarious departments of de- struction or change . Under the name of Iswara , he is wedded to Isa , or Isi , supposed to represent Nature ...
... Vishnu , the Preserver . Siva has numerous wives , according to his various titles in the multifarious departments of de- struction or change . Under the name of Iswara , he is wedded to Isa , or Isi , supposed to represent Nature ...
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The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three ..., Volum 1 Lydia Maria Child Visualització completa - 1855 |
The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volum 1 Lydia Maria Child Visualització completa - 1855 |
The Progress of Religious Ideas, Through Successive Ages, Volum 1 Lydia Maria Child Visualització completa - 1855 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 404 - And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Pàgina ix - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Pàgina 421 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
Pàgina 410 - When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Pàgina ix - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?
Pàgina 403 - And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Pàgina 408 - The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart...
Pàgina 403 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Pàgina 383 - And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Pàgina 436 - But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built...