Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 19Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1862 - Asia Most years contain the Proceedings and Annual report of the society. |
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according affix Alī alighted anaku army Ashur Assyrian Bardesanes Bengal Beth Bikshu Bombay Brahmans Buddha Bulāla Burnü called chief Chinese Commander cotton Council dialects earth enemy expedition favour feminine fortress Gesenius grant him honour guilty Gujarati halted Hebrew Hindi horses Idris the Pilgrim India inhabitants inscription journey Kafir Kāfirs Kānim king land Lassen Lord Marathi marched masc masculine means Members misbelievers Muslimin night nouns Oriental Club original Pachit Pāchittiyan Pāli Panjabi passed person postpositions Prakrit prayer precepts present priest Prince Pushto reached the town received remained road robe ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY Sansk Sanskrit Siga Sindhi singular Society Square Street Sultan Abdu-'l-Jelil Sultan Idris Sultan Muhammed termination themes ending thence things thou translation tribe troops unto Uposatha Veda venerable verb Vezir vowel whole word καὶ
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Page 162 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Page 162 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Page 162 - That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Page 162 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Page 79 - Kiinim in a very short space of time; and the army collected together the men of the east and of the west, of the north and of the south...
Page 135 - Sennacherib calls himself in his inscriptions, "the great king, the powerful king, the king of nations, the king of Assyria, the king of the four regions, the diligent ruler, the favourite of the great gods, the observer of sworn faith, the guardian of the law, the embellisher of public buildings, the noble hero, the strong warrior, the first of kings, the punisher of unbelievers, the destroyer of wicked men.
Page 302 - The great Deceiver, practising illusion, next beguiled other Daityas by means of many other sorts of heresy. In a very short time these Asuras (= Daityas), deluded by the Deceiver, abandoned the entire system founded on the ordinances of the triple Veda. Some reviled the Vedas, others the gods, others the ceremonial of sacrifice, and others the Brahmans. This, [they exclaimed,] is a doctrine which will not bear discussion ; the slaughter [of animals in sacrifice] is not conducive to religious merit....
Page 145 - Zedek king of Ascalon 59 who had not bowed down to my yoke, the gods of his father's house, himself...
Page 169 - Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, "Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him...
Page 290 - When he wrote this work, then, he must have been a man of at least mid age, and either not born, AD 154, or his book not written, AD 179. Again, in the book itself are allusions which may assist us in fixing its date. In p. 30, " Because as yesterday the Romans took Arabia and abrogated all their ancient laws, and more especially that circumcision with which they circumcised.