Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East India Company. As Also the Mythology and Cosmogony, Fasts and Festivals of the Gentoo's, Followers of the Shastah. And a Dissertation on the Metempsychosis, Commonly, Though Erroneously, Called the Pythagorean Doctrine, Volym 2T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1767 |
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... bodies for each of the delinquent " Debtab , which fhall for a space be " their prifon and habitation ; in the " confines of which , they shall be sub- ject to natural evils , in proportion " to the degree of their original guilt.- " Do ...
... bodies for each of the delinquent " Debtab , which fhall for a space be " their prifon and habitation ; in the " confines of which , they shall be sub- ject to natural evils , in proportion " to the degree of their original guilt.- " Do ...
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... bodies , fhall the delinquent Debtab undergo alternately eighty Seven changes , or tranfmigra- " tions ; fubject more or lefs , to the confequences of natural and moral “ evil , in a juft proportion to the de- " gree of their original ...
... bodies , fhall the delinquent Debtab undergo alternately eighty Seven changes , or tranfmigra- " tions ; fubject more or lefs , to the confequences of natural and moral “ evil , in a juft proportion to the de- " gree of their original ...
Sida 51
... bodies , " which I fhall prepare for their habita- " tion , whether it creepeth on Murto , or " fwimmeth in hoale † , or flyeth in Ouftmaan , for their food fhall be " the milk of the Ghoij , and the fruits " of Murto . ( 6 " The mortal ...
... bodies , " which I fhall prepare for their habita- " tion , whether it creepeth on Murto , or " fwimmeth in hoale † , or flyeth in Ouftmaan , for their food fhall be " the milk of the Ghoij , and the fruits " of Murto . ( 6 " The mortal ...
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... bodies which I have " destined for the punishment of the delinquent Debtab , and to these bodies " I will give different forms , qualities " and faculties , and they fhall unite and propagate each other in their tribe " and kind ...
... bodies which I have " destined for the punishment of the delinquent Debtab , and to these bodies " I will give different forms , qualities " and faculties , and they fhall unite and propagate each other in their tribe " and kind ...
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... bodies , which " I have prepared for them . " And Birmah ftood before the throne , and faid , Eternal ONE I have " done as thou haft commanded.- " The delinquent Debtah rejoice in thy mercy , confefs the justice of thy " decrees , avow ...
... bodies , which " I have prepared for them . " And Birmah ftood before the throne , and faid , Eternal ONE I have " done as thou haft commanded.- " The delinquent Debtah rejoice in thy mercy , confefs the justice of thy " decrees , avow ...
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againſt alfo angelic bands angelic faithful angelic hoft animal Aughtorrah Bhade Baldeus becauſe Beenham Bhade Shaftah Biftnoo Birmah Bramah Bramins Brum caft cauſe Chartah Bhade Chatah confequently creation Creator defcended delinquent Debtab deſtined divine doctrines Drugah eight Boboons Endeer Eternal evil facrifice faft faid fame fcriptures feaft fecond fection feems fenfe feven fhall fhalt fhould fifteen Boboons fignifies fimple firft firſt fnake fome fometimes four Jogues fpirits ftate fubfift fubject fuch fuffer Gentoo Ghoij ginal Goddeſs himſelf Indoftan inftituted Jaggernaut JATTRA Kolee Jogue laft laſt Mhurd moft Moifafoor moon mortal moſt Munnuntur Murto muſt Onderah Oupofs perfon Poojah prefent preferve probation puniſhment purgation purification Purrup Pythagoras Rajah rebellious Debtah reft reprefented Rhaaboon Rhaam Sanferit ſhall ſhe Sieb ſpace ſtate Surgo Suttee Tagoor tenets thefe themſelves theſe third age thofe thoſe thou thouſand three primary created tion tranfmigrations tribe underſtanding univerfe Viedam word worſhip
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Sida 82 - A patient, useful creature, born to bear The warm and woolly fleece, that cloth'd her murderer. And daily to give down the milk she bred, "' A tribute for the grass on which she fed.
Sida 83 - And in the water views perhaps the knife Uplifted, to deprive him of his life; Then broken up alive, his entrails sees Torn out, for priests t' inspect the Gods
Sida 90 - Hindoo great law-giver and prophet, Bramah, his wives, inconfolable for his lofs, refolved not to furvive him, and offered themfelves voluntary victims on his funeral pile. The wives of the chief Rajahs, the firft officers of the ftate, being unwilling to have it thought that they were deficient in fidelity and affection, followed the heroic example fet them by the wives of Bramah. The Bramins, a tribe then newly...
Sida 152 - Gentoos in general are as dangerous and wicked a people as any race of people in the known world, if not eminently more so, especially the common run of brahmins.
Sida 95 - ... held over the flame, whilft he dropped three times fome ghee on it, which melted, and fell into the fire...
Sida 82 - And plough'd with pains, thy else ungrateful field ? From his yet reeking neck to draw the yoke, That neck, with which the surly clods he broke ; And to the hatchet yield thy husbandman, , Who finish'd Autumn, and the Spring began J Nor this alone ! but Heav'n itself to bribe, We to the gods our impious acts ascribe : First recompense with death their creatures...
Sida 96 - Bramins fell at her feet — after fhe had bleffed them they retired weeping— by two fteps fhe afcended the pile, and entered the arbour ; on her entrance fhe made a profound reverence at the feet of the deceafed, and advanced and feated herfelf by his head...
Sida 95 - She then divested herself of her bracelets and other ornaments, and tyed them in a cloth which hung like an apron before her, and was conducted by her female relations to one corner of the pile. On the pile was an arched arbour, formed...
Sida 97 - With what dignity, and undaunted a countenance, fhe fet fire to the pile the laft time, and aflumed her feat, can only be. conceived, for words cannot convey a juft idea of her. — The pile being of combuftible matters, the fupporters of the roof were prefently confumed, and it tumbled upon her.
Sida 93 - Russel, and sent her word she had now nothing to live for, but recommended her children to her protection.