| Moncure Daniel Conway - 1860 - 786 páginas
...accomplished by true devotion ; for the difficulty of devotion is the greatest of all. Women and Marriage. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...ending in long vowels, resembling words of benediction. In the second quarter of the Brahmin's life, when he has left his instructor, to commence house-keeping... | |
| 1861 - 634 páginas
...:" — the two latter, perhaps, being cognisant of the principle declared in the Hindu law, that " the names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear, captivating the fancy, auspicious, ending in vowels, resembling words of benediction," and applying it to woman's frequent type, the gaily-drest,... | |
| Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 366 páginas
...a Vaisya's, wealth ; and of a Sudra's, contempt. 32. Let the second part of the priest's name imply prosperity ; of the soldier's, preservation ; of the...benediction. 34. In the fourth month the child should be carried out likewise mentions ZERVAN, whom he considers as time personified : but the sense of the... | |
| 1870 - 1172 páginas
...mountain, or of a winged creature, a snake, or a slave ; nor one with any name raising an image of terror. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...in long vowels, resembling words of benediction." (Chap. Ill, sec. 4.) A list of sixty-nine names of Hindoo ladies is before us as we write, and all... | |
| William Butler - 1872 - 568 páginas
...mountain, or of a winged creature, a snake, or a slave ; nor one with any name raising an image of terror. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...in long vowels, resembling words of benediction." Chapter iii, sec. 4. A list of sixty-nine names of Hindoo ladies is before us as we write, and all... | |
| 1872 - 780 páginas
...mountain, or of a winged creature, snake, or a glove ; nor with any name raising an image of terror. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...auspicious, ending in long vowels, resembling words of benedictions." — Rn\ William Butler, DD " Land of the Veda." Curiosities of Corns. A curious fact... | |
| William Butler - 1873 - 590 páginas
...mountain, or of a winged creature, a snake, or a slave ; nor one with any name raising an image of terror. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...in long vowels, resembling words of benediction." Chapter iii, sec. 4. A list of sixty-nine names of Hindoo ladies is before us as we write, and all... | |
| John Duncan Quackenbos - 1878 - 438 páginas
...failure all knowledge of God passes away; as the water flows through one hole in a leathern bottle. The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...in long vowels, resembling words of benediction." EPIC POETRY. Indian literature boasts of two grand epic poems — gems that would shine in the crown... | |
| John Duncan Quackenbos - 1879 - 446 páginas
...failure all knowledge of God passes away; as the water flows through one hole in a leathern bottle. Tlie names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear, captivating the fancy, auspicious, ending iu long vowels, resembling words of benediction." EPIC POETRY. Indian literature boasts of two grand... | |
| Laura Elizabeth Poor - 1880 - 492 páginas
...Veda." 157. " A husband must never eat with his wife, nor look at her while she is eating." 158. " The names of women should be agreeable, soft, clear,...in long vowels, resembling words of benediction." When Gandhari, a princess, heard that her future husband was born blind, she from that moment showed... | |
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