Life in Ancient IndiaSmith, Elder, 1856 - 464 pages |
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... Siva and Vishnu . - King Vikramaditya.- Literature . - Poems of Kalidasa.- " Birth of the War God . " - Siva's Character and History . - Siva's Marriage . - Beauty and Incongruity of Ideas 373 CHAPTER II . Siva adopted by Indo ...
... Siva and Vishnu . - King Vikramaditya.- Literature . - Poems of Kalidasa.- " Birth of the War God . " - Siva's Character and History . - Siva's Marriage . - Beauty and Incongruity of Ideas 373 CHAPTER II . Siva adopted by Indo ...
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... Siva with Eight Arms , Wreath of Skulls ( Colonel Tod , Library of the Royal Asiatic Society ) 373 Female Figure from a Temple ( Colonel Tod ) 390 Siva - coin , from Wilson's Ariana ' 391 Trimurti ( Colonel Tod ) . 392 Vase ( Colonel ...
... Siva with Eight Arms , Wreath of Skulls ( Colonel Tod , Library of the Royal Asiatic Society ) 373 Female Figure from a Temple ( Colonel Tod ) 390 Siva - coin , from Wilson's Ariana ' 391 Trimurti ( Colonel Tod ) . 392 Vase ( Colonel ...
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... Siva side by side with Indra and Agni , Buddhism taking precedence of Brahman- ism , and Buddha figuring as a Negro , B.C. 2000. But now the drifting history began to find safe anchorage , and gra- dually Indra and Agni , Brahme and ...
... Siva side by side with Indra and Agni , Buddhism taking precedence of Brahman- ism , and Buddha figuring as a Negro , B.C. 2000. But now the drifting history began to find safe anchorage , and gra- dually Indra and Agni , Brahme and ...
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... Siva practices ; but this corruption was ultimately rejected by respectable Buddhists in the north , and never extended to Ceylon . The Ceylon books are also divided into Simple Sutras , Developed Sutras , and Metaphysics ; but the ...
... Siva practices ; but this corruption was ultimately rejected by respectable Buddhists in the north , and never extended to Ceylon . The Ceylon books are also divided into Simple Sutras , Developed Sutras , and Metaphysics ; but the ...
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... a mouse can set it free . We do not know whether these resemblances should * Literally the city of Siva , which Benares has been always designated . be attributed wholly to the similarity of human vanity and 264 LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA .
... a mouse can set it free . We do not know whether these resemblances should * Literally the city of Siva , which Benares has been always designated . be attributed wholly to the similarity of human vanity and 264 LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA .
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