Asiatick Researches, Or, Transactions of the Society Instituted in Bengal, for Inquiring Into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature of Asia, Volume 3The Society., 1792 - Asia |
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AHMED SHAH DURRANY almoſt alſo ancient anſwer appears aſſiſtance beautiful becauſe BHow BRAHMA Brahmens called cauſe cloſe conſequently courſe CRISHNA defcended defire deity deſcribed diſtance divine diviſion DURRANY earth Egypt Egyptians elephants eſpecially faid fame feems fide fince firſt folar fome foon Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory horſe houſe India Indian iſlands itſelf KHAN king laſt MAHADEVA Mahrattas Meroë Méru mode moon moſt mountains muſick muſt Navab Nile obſerved occafioned OSIRIS paſſage paſſed perſon poſitively preſent preſerved Puranas purpoſe raiſed reaſon repreſented reſemblance reſided reſpect river ſaid ſame Sanfcrit ſays ſecond ſecure ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſent ſeven ſeveral SHAH ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhort ſhould ſhow ſince ſituation ſmall ſome ſometimes ſon ſpeak ſpirit śruti ſtate ſtation STEPHANUS of Byzantium ſtill ſtory STRABO ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſyſtem themſelves theſe thoſe thou TYPHON univerſe uſed VISHNU whoſe word worſhip