The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Festivals , 108 , 126. Hindoo Wo- men , 109 to 113. Sacred Animals , 114 to 116. Degeneracy of Hindoos , 117. Fakeers , 118. Magic , 122. Nadac Shah , 91. Narayun Powar , 127. Rammohun Roy , 135 . EGYPT .... .... 139 Antiquity of Egypt ...
... Festivals , 108 , 126. Hindoo Wo- men , 109 to 113. Sacred Animals , 114 to 116. Degeneracy of Hindoos , 117. Fakeers , 118. Magic , 122. Nadac Shah , 91. Narayun Powar , 127. Rammohun Roy , 135 . EGYPT .... .... 139 Antiquity of Egypt ...
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... Festivals , 308 to 314 . 314 to 322. Temples , 323 to 330. Sects of Philosophy , 330 , 367 . Orpheus , 333. Pythagoras , 335 to 342. Socrates , 344 to 352. Plato , 352 to 363. Resemblances between Hindoo , Egyptian , and Grecian Ideas ...
... Festivals , 308 to 314 . 314 to 322. Temples , 323 to 330. Sects of Philosophy , 330 , 367 . Orpheus , 333. Pythagoras , 335 to 342. Socrates , 344 to 352. Plato , 352 to 363. Resemblances between Hindoo , Egyptian , and Grecian Ideas ...
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... festivals are appropriated to him . This may be because his high rank inspires awe , and seems to carry him beyond the range of human sympathies ; or it may be that his work as Creator being finished , mortals do not feel the need of ...
... festivals are appropriated to him . This may be because his high rank inspires awe , and seems to carry him beyond the range of human sympathies ; or it may be that his work as Creator being finished , mortals do not feel the need of ...
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... festival occasions it is illuminated by a lamp with seven branches , supposed to represent the planets . Small images of this emblem , carved in ivory , gold , or crystal , are often worn as ornaments about the neck . The pious use them ...
... festival occasions it is illuminated by a lamp with seven branches , supposed to represent the planets . Small images of this emblem , carved in ivory , gold , or crystal , are often worn as ornaments about the neck . The pious use them ...
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... festivals , administer prescribed rites in the temples , or perform solemn ceremonies in the sacred groves . Their retinue and equipage are very magnificent . Pioneers precede the splendid procession , to level high places in the roads ...
... festivals , administer prescribed rites in the temples , or perform solemn ceremonies in the sacred groves . Their retinue and equipage are very magnificent . Pioneers precede the splendid procession , to level high places in the roads ...
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