Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal, for Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia..., Volume 5J. Swan and Company, 1799 Vol. 2-3, 5-12 have lists of the members of the society. |
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Halaman iv
... measure , the ac- counts given in each work relative to that impor- tant fact . The writings of MOSES have generally been confidered as more ancient than thofe of any other perfon ; but the Hindu Scriptures , fo far as the refearches of ...
... measure , the ac- counts given in each work relative to that impor- tant fact . The writings of MOSES have generally been confidered as more ancient than thofe of any other perfon ; but the Hindu Scriptures , fo far as the refearches of ...
Halaman 87
... perplexing and inconvenient , that they are very ready to adopt our divifions of time , when their refidence among or near us puts this in their power : F 4 whence whence we may , in a great measure , account HINDUSTANEE HOROMETRY . 87 :
... perplexing and inconvenient , that they are very ready to adopt our divifions of time , when their refidence among or near us puts this in their power : F 4 whence whence we may , in a great measure , account HINDUSTANEE HOROMETRY . 87 :
Halaman 88
... measure , account for the obfcurity and confufion in which this fubject has hi- therto remained among the Indians themselves ; and the confequent glimmering light that preceding wri- ters have yet afforded in this branch of oriental ...
... measure , account for the obfcurity and confufion in which this fubject has hi- therto remained among the Indians themselves ; and the confequent glimmering light that preceding wri- ters have yet afforded in this branch of oriental ...
Halaman 91
... measures , by a reference to different ftandards . To understand their explanations , I have been led to fome enquiries , the refult of which I fhall ftate concisely , to alleviate the labour of others who may feek infor- mation on the ...
... measures , by a reference to different ftandards . To understand their explanations , I have been led to fome enquiries , the refult of which I fhall ftate concisely , to alleviate the labour of others who may feek infor- mation on the ...
Halaman 92
... 1fherfbapa , or white muf- tard feed . = 1 yava , or barley - corn . I gunjà , or racticà . * Afiatick Refearches , vol . ii . page 154 . A retticà A retticà is also faid to be equal in weight 92 ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .
... 1fherfbapa , or white muf- tard feed . = 1 yava , or barley - corn . I gunjà , or racticà . * Afiatick Refearches , vol . ii . page 154 . A retticà A retticà is also faid to be equal in weight 92 ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .
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Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in ..., Volume 4 Tampilan utuh - 1798 |
Asiatick Researches: Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in ..., Volume 4 Tampilan utuh - 1799 |
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æra aftronomical alfo alſo ancient appears Arakan Arrian becauſe Benares Brahma Brahmanas Bráhmens Burmas caft Cajeput oil Cali yug called caout-chouc Chandra-Gupta claffes clafs confequently confiderable confifts cudava defcended defcribed deities diftance diftinct ditto divifions dróna exifts facred facrifice faid fame fays fecond feems feet fent feven feveral fhall fhape fhells fhould fide fimilar fince firft firſt fituated fize fmall folar fome fouth ftate ftill ftone fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fyftem g,buree Ganges gnomon Goddeſs hiftory himſelf Hindus India Infcriptions inftrument interfection king laft Malabar MANWANTARA meaſures mentioned MENU moft moſt muft muſt Nayrs obfervatory obferved occafion paffed pagoda pearl Pegue perfon prefent prince PRITHU puránas purpoſe Rajah refidence refpect reigned reprefented SAHADEVA Sanferit ſmall ſtate Tantra thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Treta yug tribe uſed Vishnu vowels VYASA weft whofe YUDISHTIRA Zamorin که
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Halaman vii - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Halaman vii - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years...
Halaman vii - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.
Halaman vii - HE gave being to time and the divisions of time, to the stars also, and to the planets, to rivers, oceans, and mountains, to level plains, and uneven valleys.
Halaman x - Veda, prove the author to have adored (not the visible material sun, but) that divine and incomparably greater light, to use the words of the most venerable text in the Indian scripture, which illumines all, delights all, from which all proceed to which all must return, and which alone can irradiate (not our visual organs merely, but our souls and) our intellects.
Halaman 161 - I made experiments, nankeen, from the ftrength and quality of its fabric, appeared the beft calculated for coating with the gum. The method I followed in performing this, was, to lay the cloth fmooth upon a table, pour the milk upon it, and with a ruler to fpread it equally. But fhould this ever be attempted on a...
Halaman 399 - The diver, putting the toes of his right foot on the hair rope of the diving stone, and those of his left on the net, seizes the two cords with one hand, and shutting his nostrils with the other, plunges into the water. On reaching the bottom, he hangs the net round his neck, and collects into it the pearl...
Halaman 384 - A prince may facrifae his enemy, having firft invoked the ax with holy texts, by fubitituting a buffalo or goat, calling the victim by the name of the enemy throughout the whole ceremony.
Halaman 159 - I did not find my ftockings in the leaft damp. Indeed, from the nature of the gum, had it been for a period of as many months, the fame refult was to have been expected. ' After being thus far fuccefsful, I was greatly difappointed in my expectations with regard to their retaining their original fhape; for, on wearing them but a few times, they loft much of their firft neatnefs, the contractions of the gum being only equal to about feven eighths of its extenfion.
Halaman 156 - ... of two days. A much more expeditious mode, but ruinous to the vine, is cutting it in lengths of two feet, and placing under both ends vessels to receive the milk.