Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia, Volume 1 |
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accuſed Afiatick almoſt alſo altitude ancient ARRIAN becauſe beſt body BRAHMA Caffiopćć called Callian cauſe circumſtances cloſe cofine confiderable conſequently defire Deity deſcribed diftinguiſhed diſtance divine Emerfion Ephemeris expreſſed faid fame feems fide fince firſt fome force friction fuch glaſs Hindus Hiſtory Hygrometer India Indian INDRA inſtrument itſelf Jupiter Jupiter's juſt language laſt Latitude leſs letter Longitude Loſs meaſured meridian moſt muſt neceſſary obſervation occafion Pandits parallax paſſage paſſed Persian perſon poſſible praiſe preſent preſſure purpoſe rain raiſed reaſon repreſented reſemblance reſpect reſt ſame Sanfcrit Satellite ſays SCHOLIUM ſcrew ſecond ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſhould ſhower ſince ſmall ſome ſon ſpirits ſtand ſtar ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſuſtain ſyſtem TEESHOO LAMA theſe thick 9 thin thoſe thunder Tibet tion tranflation univerſe uſed verſe VISHNU viſit vowel whoſe word worſhip