Oriental Illustrations of the Sacred Scripture Collected from the Customs, Manners, Rites, Superstitions, Traditions of the HindoosJ. Murray, 1835 - 619 pages |
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... Siva of the Hindoos . He is joined with the sanguinary Moloch , who corresponds with the blood- thirsty Kāli or Patrakaly , an incarnation of the consort of Siva . In the fragments to Calmet ‡ it is said , " It will , no doubt , be ...
... Siva of the Hindoos . He is joined with the sanguinary Moloch , who corresponds with the blood- thirsty Kāli or Patrakaly , an incarnation of the consort of Siva . In the fragments to Calmet ‡ it is said , " It will , no doubt , be ...
Page ix
... SIVA of India is both male and female ; his right side being of the former , and his left of the latter sex + ; and ... Síva , and she only ( as far as I know ) , is called MáTHÁ , or ' Mother . ' 6 " Amongst the Assyrians , the ...
... SIVA of India is both male and female ; his right side being of the former , and his left of the latter sex + ; and ... Síva , and she only ( as far as I know ) , is called MáTHÁ , or ' Mother . ' 6 " Amongst the Assyrians , the ...
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Joseph Roberts. men ; and at the conclusion of the great feast of SIVA they assume the dress of Pandárams , and thus ... Síva , under the name of SACTI , placed a representation of the crescent moon on the head of her husband , under the ...
Joseph Roberts. men ; and at the conclusion of the great feast of SIVA they assume the dress of Pandárams , and thus ... Síva , under the name of SACTI , placed a representation of the crescent moon on the head of her husband , under the ...
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... Siva of the Hindoos . The bull was sacred to the former , and also to the latter . Isis being represented with cow's horns , finds a parallel in Síva or his wife , with the crescent moon fixed on the head . " In conclusion , whether we ...
... Siva of the Hindoos . The bull was sacred to the former , and also to the latter . Isis being represented with cow's horns , finds a parallel in Síva or his wife , with the crescent moon fixed on the head . " In conclusion , whether we ...
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... Siva and his goddess ; Vishnoo and Lechimy ; also Brahma , and the goddess Sarusuvathe : but that all souls come from Brahma . 8 .- " The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . " It may be of but little importance to us , at this ...
... Siva and his goddess ; Vishnoo and Lechimy ; also Brahma , and the goddess Sarusuvathe : but that all souls come from Brahma . 8 .- " The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden . " It may be of but little importance to us , at this ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 358 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Page 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
Page 421 - Let their table become a snare before them : and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Page 37 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 215 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 151 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 376 - A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.