Lectures On India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs And Personages in Other Pagan And Mohammedan Countries
The book Lectures On India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs And Personages in Other Pagan And Mohammedan Countries was written by author Wright, Caleb, D. 1869 Here you can read free online of Lectures On India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs And Personages in Other Pagan And Mohammedan Countries book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Lectures On India: Also, Descriptions of Remarkable Customs And Personages in Other Pagan And Mohammedan Countries a good or bad book?
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Nine hundred times counted, one thousand of witches. Of ghosts and of devils obey thee. In the silence of midnight, when dark, are thy witches A corpse for a vehicle using, When the fresh dead are lying, thou a feast gladly makest. With the green skulls thy fancy amusing. When the flames of the funeral gleam through the night's darkness, When the dead they are wont to consume. How swiftly thou runnest to snuff" the rich odors ! To thee they are richest perfume. To thy timbrel's jingle, in the a...ir ever sounding, Ghosts and devils innumerable dance ; They share in thy honors and share in thy worship. As thy name and thy praise they advance. Thou art greater than Brahma, or Vishnu, or Shiva Thou art called the great Bhagabattee. Translated by Rev. Charles Lacey,for Caleb Wright. From the Matsya Puran, Chap. 3, 4. BRAHMA'S INCEST. '' Brahma next formed from his own immaculate substance a female, who is celebrated under the names of Shatarupa, Savitri, Sarasvati, Gayairi, and Brahmani. Then, beliolding his daughter, born from his own body, Brahma became wounded with the arrows of love, and exclaimed, ' How surpassing lovely- she is !
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