The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... land ; hence it came to be called Indus - Stan , land of the Indus . Hindoos themselves called it by a name signifying " The Central Land ; " some- times it was designated as " The Land of Righteousness . " Within the last century their ...
... land ; hence it came to be called Indus - Stan , land of the Indus . Hindoos themselves called it by a name signifying " The Central Land ; " some- times it was designated as " The Land of Righteousness . " Within the last century their ...
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... land and water . " He became the instructor of Garuda , and informed him that he had once been a Bramin , but had passed into a crow , in consequence of maledictions pronounced upon him by a powerful saint . With these ideas , no wonder ...
... land and water . " He became the instructor of Garuda , and informed him that he had once been a Bramin , but had passed into a crow , in consequence of maledictions pronounced upon him by a powerful saint . With these ideas , no wonder ...
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... lands . They make money by agricul- ture and trade , and send out beggars to procure alms . There is a community of Sivaite saints , who are accus- tomed to sell their military services to the highest bidder ; being willing to fight ...
... lands . They make money by agricul- ture and trade , and send out beggars to procure alms . There is a community of Sivaite saints , who are accus- tomed to sell their military services to the highest bidder ; being willing to fight ...
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... Land of Egypt ] , where one of their princes became so wealthy that " he raised three mountains , one of gold , one of silver , and one of gems . ' This is supposed by some to describe the three great Pyramids , at Memphis , one of ...
... Land of Egypt ] , where one of their princes became so wealthy that " he raised three mountains , one of gold , one of silver , and one of gems . ' This is supposed by some to describe the three great Pyramids , at Memphis , one of ...
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... of the Nile , which spread fertility all over the land . One of the titles of Isis was , " She who rises in the Dog Star . " Prayers addressed to her were believed to have great efficacy . Plutarch 156 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... of the Nile , which spread fertility all over the land . One of the titles of Isis was , " She who rises in the Dog Star . " Prayers addressed to her were believed to have great efficacy . Plutarch 156 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
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