Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scriptures,: Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions, Parabolical, Idiomatical, and Proverbial Forms of Speech, Climate, Works of Art, and Literature, of the Hindoos, During a Residence in the East of Nearly Fourteen YearsJohn Murray, 1835 - 619 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 6-10 מתוך 43
עמוד 111
... pass through the fire , or to be burnt as a sacrifice to the gods ; but we have only to look at modern India , at the numerous infants thrown into the sacred waters , and at the burning alive of widows on the funeral pile of their ...
... pass through the fire , or to be burnt as a sacrifice to the gods ; but we have only to look at modern India , at the numerous infants thrown into the sacred waters , and at the burning alive of widows on the funeral pile of their ...
עמוד 167
... pass along , full of honey . Hence this article is cheap and plentiful , and is much used by the Vedahs to preserve the flesh of animals they catch in the chase . The ancient poets take great pleasure in speaking of the value of milk ...
... pass along , full of honey . Hence this article is cheap and plentiful , and is much used by the Vedahs to preserve the flesh of animals they catch in the chase . The ancient poets take great pleasure in speaking of the value of milk ...
עמוד 174
... pass through a town or village where some of his friends or acquaintances reside : then , those concerned send greeting expressive of their joy , and best wishes for future prosperity . See them on receiving company . A servant , or ...
... pass through a town or village where some of his friends or acquaintances reside : then , those concerned send greeting expressive of their joy , and best wishes for future prosperity . See them on receiving company . A servant , or ...
עמוד 199
... pass their time , in thus puzzling each other , and calling forth the talents of the young . The story of Sinthā - manni and Vera - māran is a striking instance of the importance which they attach to riddles . The king , called ...
... pass their time , in thus puzzling each other , and calling forth the talents of the young . The story of Sinthā - manni and Vera - māran is a striking instance of the importance which they attach to riddles . The king , called ...
עמוד 208
... pass at noon , that Elijah mocked them , and said , Cry aloud , for he is a god either he is talking , or he is pursuing , or he is in a jour- ney , or peradventure he sleepeth , and must be awaked . " The margin has , for " talking ...
... pass at noon , that Elijah mocked them , and said , Cry aloud , for he is a god either he is talking , or he is pursuing , or he is in a jour- ney , or peradventure he sleepeth , and must be awaked . " The margin has , for " talking ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
alluded allusions amongst animals Assyria Baal Peor Baal-zebub Babylon beasts beautiful believe blessed body Boothroyd Brahma Brahmin burning called Calmet cast ceremonies Ceylon CHAP child daughter dead death deity earth East Eastern Egypt enemies enquired evil eyes face familiar spirit father favour fear feast feet fellow female fire fruit give gods gold gone ground hair hand hath head heathen heaven Hebrew Hence Hindoos holy husband idols Imaus Israel jewels Jews Kandian war king Lingam live look Lord margin marriage moon mother mountains mouth never night offering ornaments Parvati person Philistines Priapus priest rain reference rice Royal Asiatic Society sacred says Scanda Purana seen Septuagint serpent servant Siva sorrow speak stone taken Tamul translation temple thee thing thou shalt tree unto verse vessel Vishnoo walk wife woman word worship Yama
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 433 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
עמוד 300 - The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
עמוד 361 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
עמוד 417 - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
עמוד 523 - And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
עמוד 13 - And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and every thing that is in the earth shall die, but with thee will I establish My Covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons
עמוד 571 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
עמוד 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
עמוד 385 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
עמוד 576 - Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.