The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... thou hast produced , and have quenched my , thirst with the clear waters that flow from thy summit . Oh , mountain pure from sin ! Like unto a living child happy on the breast of his father , have I enjoyed myself upon thy bosom ...
... thou hast produced , and have quenched my , thirst with the clear waters that flow from thy summit . Oh , mountain pure from sin ! Like unto a living child happy on the breast of his father , have I enjoyed myself upon thy bosom ...
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... thou- sand and eighty - eight years before the Christian era . Sir William Jones says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before the Flood , I shall never believe ; but they are very ancient , and far older than other Sanscrit ...
... thou- sand and eighty - eight years before the Christian era . Sir William Jones says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before the Flood , I shall never believe ; but they are very ancient , and far older than other Sanscrit ...
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... thou , who givest sustenance to the world , unveil that face of the true sun , which is now hidden by a veil of ... Thou only , O Lord , art my refuge ; Thou only art my refuge . " " By one Supreme Ruler is this universe pervaded ; even ...
... thou , who givest sustenance to the world , unveil that face of the true sun , which is now hidden by a veil of ... Thou only , O Lord , art my refuge ; Thou only art my refuge . " " By one Supreme Ruler is this universe pervaded ; even ...
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... thou believest one and the same with thyself , resides in thy own bosom perpetually , and is an all - knowing in- spector of thy goodness or thy wickedness . If , by speak- ing falsely , thou art not at variance with Yama the sub- duer ...
... thou believest one and the same with thyself , resides in thy own bosom perpetually , and is an all - knowing in- spector of thy goodness or thy wickedness . If , by speak- ing falsely , thou art not at variance with Yama the sub- duer ...
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... thou Lotus - eyed , let me not approach in vain the feet of a deity , whose perfect benevolence has been extended to all , when , to our amazement , thou hast shown thyself in bodies , not indeed existing in reality , but successively ...
... thou Lotus - eyed , let me not approach in vain the feet of a deity , whose perfect benevolence has been extended to all , when , to our amazement , thou hast shown thyself in bodies , not indeed existing in reality , but successively ...
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