The fall of Jerusalem. The martyr of Antioch. BelshazzarJ. Murry, 1840 - Sanskrit poetry |
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... called a musi- cal accompaniment . Every now and then the string of a solitary violin was heard , while the actors went on in their parts without the slightest regard to the said accompani- ment , and so represented any regular drama ...
... called a musi- cal accompaniment . Every now and then the string of a solitary violin was heard , while the actors went on in their parts without the slightest regard to the said accompani- ment , and so represented any regular drama ...
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... called the Sloka , which is thus described by Schlegel in his Indische Bibliothek , p . 36 : — " The oldest , most simple , and most generally adopted measure is the Sloka ; a distich of two sixteen - syllable lines , divided at the ...
... called the Sloka , which is thus described by Schlegel in his Indische Bibliothek , p . 36 : — " The oldest , most simple , and most generally adopted measure is the Sloka ; a distich of two sixteen - syllable lines , divided at the ...
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... called Naishadha , in twenty - two books , does not complete the story , but only carries it as far as the fifteenth book . There is a Tamulic version of the same story , translated by Kindersley , in his specimens of Hindu Literature ...
... called Naishadha , in twenty - two books , does not complete the story , but only carries it as far as the fifteenth book . There is a Tamulic version of the same story , translated by Kindersley , in his specimens of Hindu Literature ...
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... called . All the worlds instinct with splendour - through his power Hutasa Subtle taste in food gave Yama - and in virtue eminence ; Varun gave obedient water - to be present at his call ; [ gave . Garlands too of matchless fragrance ...
... called . All the worlds instinct with splendour - through his power Hutasa Subtle taste in food gave Yama - and in virtue eminence ; Varun gave obedient water - to be present at his call ; [ gave . Garlands too of matchless fragrance ...
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... called . Of this king the son , the hero , -prosperous and truly brave , He who rules his father's kingdom - by hereditary right , Slayer of his foes , dark Nala , -Punyasloka is he called ; Holy , Veda - read , and eloquent , -soma ...
... called . Of this king the son , the hero , -prosperous and truly brave , He who rules his father's kingdom - by hereditary right , Slayer of his foes , dark Nala , -Punyasloka is he called ; Holy , Veda - read , and eloquent , -soma ...
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ALDABELLA ANGELO Anne Boleyn Asiatic Researches Ayodhya beauteous behold BIANCA birds blameless bliss Bopp Brahmin breath cast charioteer cold court curse Damayanti DANDOLO dark daughter death deed deep dice dost doth dread DUKE dwell e'en eyes FALSETTO father FAZIO fire GARDINER gazed gentle gods Grace grief guilty hand hath hear heard heart Heaven holy honour Indra Kali Kesinia king Nala LADY ROCHFORD lips live lord of earth MAGDALENE MARK SMEATON Meghaduta Menu mighty monarch mother Nala ne'er Nishadha's king noble NORREYS o'er palace PHILARIO Pushkara QUEEN raja Ramayana rich royal sage shalt SIR HENRY NORREYS SIR WILLIAM KINGSTON sire smile sorrow soul spake speak spirit steeds Stephen Gardiner sweet thee There's thine thou hast thou wilt thou'rt thought thyself truth Twas Vahuca Vedas Vidarbha's voice weep wife wild WILSON WILTSHIRE words wretched Yakshas youth
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Page 339 - For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not, until the flood came, and took them all away ; so shall also ' the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 301 - By a son a man obtains victory over all people; by a son's son he enjoys immortality; and afterwards by the son of that grandson he reaches the solar abode.
Page 336 - Up the Raja, at the sign, upon his glittering chariot leaps, Instant Ganga the divine follows his majestic steps ; From the high heaven burst she forth, first on Siva's lofty crown ; Headlong then, and prone to earth, thundering rushed the cataract down. Swarms of bright-hued fish came dashing; turtles, dolphins, in their mirth, Fallen or falling, glancing, flashing, to the many-gleaming earth ; And all the host of heaven came down, sprites and genii in amaze, And each forsook his heavenly throne,...
Page 307 - Never to recede from combat, to protect the people, and to honour the priests, is the highest duty of kings and ensures their felicity. 89. Those rulers of the earth, who, desirous of defeating each other, exert their utmost strength in battle, without ever averting their faces, ascend after death directly to heaven.
Page 72 - Of those thy myriad barks mak'st passing music : — Oh ! thou great silent city, with thy spires And palaces, where I was once the greatest, The happiest — I, whose presence made a tumult In all your wondering streets and jocund marts : — But most of all, thou cool and twilight air, That art a rapture to the breath ! The slave, The beggar, the most base down-trodden outcast, The plague-struck livid wretch, there's none so vile, So abject, in your streets, that swarm with life — They may inhale...
Page 330 - By censuring his preceptor, though justly, he will be born an ass ; by falsely defaming him, a dog ; by using his goods without leave, a small worm ; by envying his merit, a larger insect or reptile.
Page 297 - Himavan its loftiest peak. There at length it came, and smiling — thus the fish addressed the sage : To the peak of Himalaya, bind thou now thy stately ship." At the fish's mandate quickly — to the peak of Himavan Bound the sage his bark, and ever — to this day, that loftiest peak, Bears the name of Manhubandhan — from the binding of the bark.
Page 318 - Let him take up his consecrated fire, and all his domestic implements of making oblations to it, and, departing from the town to the forest, let him dwell in it with complete power over his organs of sense and of action.
Page 316 - Though inobservant of approved usages, or enamoured of another woman, or devoid of good qualities, yet a husband must constantly be revered as a god by a virtuous wife.