Universal Classics Library, Volumen6Dunn, 1901 |
Términos y frases comunes
according adoration Ahriman Alí Almighty angels animals appeared attained Avesta Bahram Balkh Banín Bayezid became becomes beheld believe body Brahman breath called celestial command creatures creed Dabistán death deeds demons dignity disciples divine durvishes earth eternal existence faith father fire followers GATE Gushtasp hand head heart heaven Hegira hell Hindi Hindus holy human idol Imám intelligence Iran Kashmir Khan Khorasan king knowledge Koran learned light Lord manifest mankind manner means Mobed Muhammed Muselmans Nânac nature never night paradise Parsees Parsi perfect perform Persian person pious Prakrit prayers princes prophet pure rája Rakshasas recited relate religion religious remained replied sages Saha dév sect seven Shaikh Shiâh Shiraz signifies skandha Sonnite soul sovereign sphere spirit stars Surúsh temple thee things thou tion truth Vedas Vishnu whoever wife woman words worship Yasht Zardusht Zoroaster
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Página 375 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Página 298 - ... the third day; 6. that he ascended to heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father, the omnipotent and supreme God; 7. that he shall come at the end of the world to judge the living and the dead, and to reveal their good and bad actions. They call God a father, because he is bountiful to his servants as a father to his children. They maintain that, although God has three different persons, yet, in truth, he is but one being; in such a manner that the persons are the Father, the Son, and the...
Página 300 - Sabbath day. 4. Honor thy father and thy mother. 5. Thou shalt not kill. 6. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 7. Thou shalt not steal. 8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.
Página 374 - There is no kind of beast on earth, nor fowl which flieth with its wings, but the same is a people like unto you; we have not omitted anything in the book of our decrees: then unto their Lord shall they return.
Página 296 - We say unto you, you shall see the Son of man seated at the right hand of God, and He shall descend in the clouds of heaven.
Página 3 - charming rose," of Lachmi Naraydn, who flourished in Hyderabad about the end of the eighteenth or the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Página 214 - Su svapna avast hd,* that is, "the state of good sleep,* and in this state there is neither gladness nor sadness from possession *The fantastical conceptions of the Hindus about the states or conditions of the embodied soul are of course not always expressed in the same manner. *They are chiefly three: waking, dreaming, and profound sleep ; to which may be added for a fourth, that of death ; and for a fifth, that of trance, swoon, or stupor, which is intermediate between profound sleep and death...
Página 297 - Ishai is the name of the father of David. When they had apprehended Aisia, they spit upon his blessed face and smote him. Ishaa had predicted it : << I shall give up my body to the smiters, and my cheek to the diggers of wounds; I shall not turn my face from those who will use bad words, and throw spittle upon me...
Página 289 - Lamas abstain from eating flesh and from women, and keep remote from all worldly affairs ; they wear their hair entangled, and eat from the skull of a man ; they carry joints of human hands filed together upon a string, instead of a rosary; and instead of horns for trumpets, they keep bones of human forearms ; they say : * We are dead ; and dead men have nothing to do with the things of the living.* "We are gone, and we took a separate corner of a sepulchre, That our bones might not be a burden to...
Página 200 - This philosopher is described as a very old man, in the dress of a mendicant. He is charged with an infamous intrigue with the daughter of a fisherman ; to conceal his amour with whom, he caused a heavy fog to fall on the place of his retreat. Veda Vyasa, the collector of the Vedas, was the fruit of this interview. being allowed to cohabit with whomsoever she thought proper, until once the wife of a holy personage being in the society of another, Sw6taketa, the holy man's son, feeling indignant at...