Calcutta Review, Volume 4University of Calcutta, 1845 |
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Page 18
... Brahmans , to the latest victories of Hastings and Lake in our own immediate times . And we can affirm with confidence that very few collegians ever set sail for India without a tolerable acquaintance with the spirit of Manu's laws and ...
... Brahmans , to the latest victories of Hastings and Lake in our own immediate times . And we can affirm with confidence that very few collegians ever set sail for India without a tolerable acquaintance with the spirit of Manu's laws and ...
Page 45
... brahman by Satya - vatí , the wife of king Shantanu . Hence he was the reputed brother of king Vichitra- vírga and grandson of the great sage Vashishta . After the death of his reputed brother , he , from a custom similar to that among ...
... brahman by Satya - vatí , the wife of king Shantanu . Hence he was the reputed brother of king Vichitra- vírga and grandson of the great sage Vashishta . After the death of his reputed brother , he , from a custom similar to that among ...
Page 130
... Brahman or the Rajput private ; the Mussulman avoids the Christian , the Shiah the Súní ; the Hindu all : and an almost impassable barrier of mutual distrust and jealousy obstructs all amal- gamation of opinion or unity of action , even ...
... Brahman or the Rajput private ; the Mussulman avoids the Christian , the Shiah the Súní ; the Hindu all : and an almost impassable barrier of mutual distrust and jealousy obstructs all amal- gamation of opinion or unity of action , even ...
Page 183
... Brahmans have long almost monopolized all civil and military offices ; though while thus secularly employed , they forfeit the veneration evinced towards those who devote their lives to spiritual concerns . They com- : " The Hindus ...
... Brahmans have long almost monopolized all civil and military offices ; though while thus secularly employed , they forfeit the veneration evinced towards those who devote their lives to spiritual concerns . They com- : " The Hindus ...
Page 184
... Brahman will carefully distinguish himself from a Mahratta . That term , though extended to the Koonbees , or cultivators , is , in strictness , confined to the military families of the country , many of whom claim a doubt- ful but not ...
... Brahman will carefully distinguish himself from a Mahratta . That term , though extended to the Koonbees , or cultivators , is , in strictness , confined to the military families of the country , many of whom claim a doubt- ful but not ...
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