The Ethnology of the British Colonies and DependenciesBooks on Demand, 1851 - 264 pages |
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aborigines affinities Afghans Africa Algonkin alphabet American amongst Anglo-Saxon Arabic Arakhan Arawaks Archipelago Ashanti Asiatic Athabaskan Australian Avans believe belong Bengali Bilúch blood Bodo Brahminism British Buddhism Burmese called Cape Carib Celtic Celts character chief coast colour creed Dahomey Dhimal dialect divisions Dutch Dyak Efik elements English Eskimo ethnological Euhemerism Fanti Fetish Friesland Frisian frontier Gambia Garo geographical German Grebo Greek guage hair Heligoland Hindú Hottentot Iberic Indian INDRA island isolated Kaffre Kariens Khonds Kocch Kolúch language latter less LITHUANIC Mahometan Malays Mandingo MARUTS Maulmein means ments Môn monosyllabic mountains nations native Negro Nehanni Nepâl northern notice numerous occupants Orang Binua origin Paganism peculiar peninsula Pennu physiognomy popu population present priest Quaqua Rajmahali religion respect River sacrifice Sanskrit Semang Siamese Singpho slaves South speak tain Tamul Tamulian term Tha'y tion tongues tribes village vocabularies whilst words worship Yebu
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Page 16 - Alfred commanded long ships to be built to oppose the BBSCS ; they were fullnigh twice as long as the others ; some had sixty oars, and some had more ; they were both swifter and steadier, and also higher than the others. They were shapen neither like the Frisian nor the Danish, but so as it seemed to him that they would be most efficient.
Page 161 - Brahmin springs to light, he is borne above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil.
Page 117 - ... take and eat : heretofore you have eaten and drank with us : you can do so no more : you were one of us : you can be so no longer : we come no more to you : come you not to us.
Page 160 - To defend the people, to give alms, to sacrifice, to read the Veda, to shun the allurements of sensual gratification, are, in a few words, the duties of a Cshatriya.
Page 165 - They who are worthily worshipped shine with various weapons: incapable of being overthrown, they are the overthrowers (of mountains) : Maruts, swift as thought, intrusted with the duty of sending rain, yoke the spotted deer to your cars ! 5. When Maruts, urging on the cloud, for the sake of (providing) food, you have yoked the deer to your chariots, the drops fall from the radiant (sun), and moisten the earth, like a hide, with water ! 6.
Page 160 - Brahmans he assigned the duties of reading the Veda, of teaching it, of sacrificing, of assisting others to sacrifice, of giving alms, if they be rich, and, if indigent, of receiving gifts: 89.
Page 165 - The Maruts who are going forth decorate themselves like females : they are (gliders through the air), the sons of Rudra, and the doers of good works, by which they promote the welfare of earth and heaven : heroes, who grind (the solid rocks), they delight in sacrifices ! 2.
Page 160 - To keep herds of cattle, to bestow largesses, to sacrifice, to read the scripture, to carry on trade, to lend at interest, and to cultivate land, are prescribed or permitted to a Vaisya. 5. One prineiple duty the Supreme Ruler assigns to a Sudra ; namely, to serve the before-mentioned classes, without depreciating their worth.
Page 166 - GOTAMA :° the variously-radiant (MARUTS) come to his succour, gratifying the desire of the sage with life-sustaining (waters). 12. Whatever blessings (are diffused) through the three worlds, and are in your gift, do you bestow upon the donor (of the...