Works, Volumen7J. Stockdale, 1807 |
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Página 10
... relation be known to our modern law , ftand precisely on the fame ground ; as a lord , in feudal times , might indifputably have been convicted of mur- der for killing his villain or his neife . In the present cafe , you will hear the ...
... relation be known to our modern law , ftand precisely on the fame ground ; as a lord , in feudal times , might indifputably have been convicted of mur- der for killing his villain or his neife . In the present cafe , you will hear the ...
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... relation whatever to the Moon ; and that it was the feventh , not the first , of that name , whom the Bráhmens believe to have been preserved in an ark from the general deluge : him they call the Child of the Sun , to distinguish him ...
... relation whatever to the Moon ; and that it was the feventh , not the first , of that name , whom the Bráhmens believe to have been preserved in an ark from the general deluge : him they call the Child of the Sun , to distinguish him ...
Página 129
... relations , fleep on a low bed , and perform fuch offices as may please his preceptor , until his return to the ' house of his natural father . " 6 109 . • Ten persons may legally be inftructed in the Veda ; the fon of a fpiritual ...
... relations , fleep on a low bed , and perform fuch offices as may please his preceptor , until his return to the ' house of his natural father . " 6 109 . • Ten persons may legally be inftructed in the Veda ; the fon of a fpiritual ...
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... relations , through de- lufion of mind , take poffeffion of a woman's property , be it only her carriages or her clothes , fuch offenders will fink to a region of ' torment . < 53. Some fay , that the bull and cow given in the nuptial ...
... relations , through de- lufion of mind , take poffeffion of a woman's property , be it only her carriages or her clothes , fuch offenders will fink to a region of ' torment . < 53. Some fay , that the bull and cow given in the nuptial ...
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... relations , " 155. A dancer , one who has violated the ' rule of chastity in the first or fourth order , the • husband of a Súdra , the fon of a twice - married ' woman , a man who has loft one eye , and a ' husband in whofe houfe an ...
... relations , " 155. A dancer , one who has violated the ' rule of chastity in the first or fourth order , the • husband of a Súdra , the fon of a twice - married ' woman , a man who has loft one eye , and a ' husband in whofe houfe an ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt alfo alſo anceſtors anchorite becauſe beſt BHRIGU birth BRAHMA Bráhmen cafe caufe cauſe ceremony claffes clafs clarified butter claſs confidered conftantly creatures crime declared defire deftroyed diſcharge divine duty facraments facred facrifice fages falfely falſe falute fame father fcripture feek fervants fervile feven fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt flain fleſh foldier fome fráddha fruit ftudent ftudy fubfiftence fubjection fuch fupport fupreme give gods higheſt himſelf holy honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juft juftice juſt learned let the king manes MENU moſt muft muſt night obfequies obferve oblation occafion offence ordained panas perfon perform petit jury pleaſure preceptor prefent preſcribed prieſt publick puniſhment purified purpoſe read the Véda reaſon reſpect ſhall ſpirit ſuch Súdra themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion triliteral twiceborn underſtand uſed Veda wealth whofe whoſe wife witneffes witneſs woman
Pasajes populares
Página 87 - From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object of sense, existing everywhere in substance, not existing to our perception, without beginning or end, was produced the divine male, famed in all worlds under the appellation of BRAHMA'.
Página 82 - The work, now presented to the European world, contains abundance of curious matter extremely interesting both to speculative lawyers and antiquaries, with many beauties, which need not be pointed out, and with many blemishes, which cannot be justified or palliated. It is a system of despotism and priestcraft, both indeed limited by law, but artfully conspiring to give mutual support...
Página 261 - BY a girl, or by a young woman, or by a woman advanced in years, nothing must be done, even in her own dwelling place, according to her mere pleasure : 148.
Página 107 - ... 14. But, when there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent, both are held to be law ; for both are pronounced by the wise to be valid and reconcilable ; 15. Thus in the Veda are these texts : " let the sacrifice be when the sun has arisen...
Página 74 - ... system of duties, religious and civil, and of law in all its branches, which the Hindus firmly believe to have been promulged in the beginning of time by MENU, son or grandson of BRAHMA', or, in plain language, the first of created beings, and not the oldest only, but the holiest, of legislators...
Página 102 - The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence in thought, in word and in deed. " He confers purity on his living family, on his ancestors, and on his descendants as far as the seventh person, and he alone deserves to possess this whole earth.
Página 324 - By external signs let him see through the thoughts of men ; by their voice, colour, countenance, limbs, eyes, and action : 26. From the limbs, the look, the motion of the body, the gesticulation, the speech, the changes of the. eye and the face, are discovered the internal workings of the mind.
Página 130 - For an unlearned man is in truth a child ; and he who teaches him the Veda, is his father. Holy sages have always said child to an ignorant man, and father to a teacher of scripture.
Página 224 - Let him not have nimble hands, restless feet, or voluble eyes ; let him not be crooked in his ways ; let him not be flippant in his speech, nor intelligent in doing mischief.
Página 275 - His hair, nails, and beard being clipped, bearing with him a dish, a staff, and a water-pot, his whole mind being fixed on GOD, let him wander about continually, without giving pain to animal or vegetable beings.