Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & IrelandCambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1843 With appendices. |
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158 페이지 - The first day and night are spent exclusively in drunken feasting and obscene riot. Upon the second morning the victim, who has fasted from the preceding evening, is carefully washed, dressed in a new garment, and led forth from the village in solemn procession, with music and dancing The Meria grove, a clump of deep and shadowy forest trees, — " Sylva alta Jovis lucusque Disuse...
159 페이지 - P with his whole force to close. He then wounds the victim slightly with his axe, when the crowd throws itself upon the sacrifice, and exclaiming, 'we bought you with a price, and no sin rests on us ! " strips the flesh from the bones.
21 페이지 - His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain ; The President of the...
101 페이지 - ... the chest is between sixty-two and sixty-three feet. Monolith Temple of Granite. In alluding to the monolith temples of the Hindus, I shall not mention those of Ellora, Elephanta, or Carli, being excavated from rocks generally much softer than granite, — viz. an amygdaloidal trap and wacke, — but proceed at once to give an idea of the magnitude and extent of the singular monoliths at Mahabalipur, on the Coromandel coast. As it is not the object of this paper to enter into any relative comparison...
204 페이지 - In 1834 the mines proved profitable, but in the following year the miners lost a considerable sum. The sum paid to government by them for the privilege of mining a piece of ground 100 yards long by 50 broad, for four months, is 200 rupees'.
21 페이지 - His Majesty the King of Italy, His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves...
24 페이지 - No Waralis can either read or write. Do you give them any instructions about God ? Why should we speak about God to them ' What God do you worship ? We worship Waghia (the lord of tigers). Has he any form ? He is a shapeless stone, smeared with red lead and ghi (clarified butter). How do you worship him ? We give him chickens and goats, break cocoa-nuts on his head, and pour oil on him.
26 페이지 - God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but have life everlasting.
97 페이지 - Iron and copper mines are found in the Egyptian desert, which were worked in old times ; and the monuments of Thebes, and even the tombs about Memphis, dating more than 4000 years ago, represent butchers sharpening their knives on a round bar of metal attached to their apron, which from its blue colour can only be steel...
3 페이지 - THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AFFAIRS OF INDIA. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE HON. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.