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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affert AHMED SHAH DURRANY alfo alſo ancient appears bán beautiful becauſe BHow BRAHMA Bráhmens called cloſe confequently confiderable confifts CRISHNA Daityas defcended defcribed defire deity Dévas diſtance divifion divine DURRANY earth Egypt Egyptians elephants Ethiopia facred faid fame fays fecond fecure feems fent fettled feven fide fignifies fimilar fince firſt folar fome foon fubject fuch fuppofed goddeſs Grand Vizier Greeks himſelf Hindus hiſtory horfe India Indian iſlands itſelf KHAN king laſt leaſt Mahrattas Meroë Méru mode moon moſt mountains mufick muſt Navab Nile obferved occafion OSIRIS paffage paffed Perfian perfon prefent preferved PTOLEMY Puránas purpoſe raiſed reaſon refided refpect reprefented reſembles river Sanferit ſeems ſeveral SHAH ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome śruti ſtate STEPHANUS of Byzantium STRABO ſuppoſed themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand TYPHON uſed Véda VISHNU Vizier weft whence whofe whoſe word worſhip