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Page 191
... Parah consists of a tribe , and has seldom fewer than four or five hundred inhabitants , and sometimes contains one of two thousand . Towards our frontiers , however , where there is little apprehension of danger , a tribe frequently ...
... Parah consists of a tribe , and has seldom fewer than four or five hundred inhabitants , and sometimes contains one of two thousand . Towards our frontiers , however , where there is little apprehension of danger , a tribe frequently ...
Page 191
... Parah to another , are the most frequent causes of quarrel , when they carry on a most destructive petty warfare , in which the several tribes are more or less involved , according as the principals are more or less connected among them ...
... Parah to another , are the most frequent causes of quarrel , when they carry on a most destructive petty warfare , in which the several tribes are more or less involved , according as the principals are more or less connected among them ...
Page 191
... Parah . They do not remove their Parahs so frequently as the Choomeeas do their Chooms : the Choomeeas seldom remain lon- ger than two years on the same spot ; whereas the Kookies are usually four or five ; and when they migrate , they ...
... Parah . They do not remove their Parahs so frequently as the Choomeeas do their Chooms : the Choomeeas seldom remain lon- ger than two years on the same spot ; whereas the Kookies are usually four or five ; and when they migrate , they ...
Page 194
... Parah , the corpse is conveyed by the relations of the deceased , and de- posited upon a stage raised under a shed erected for the purpose , at some distance from the dwelling house . While it remains there , it is carefully guard- ed ...
... Parah , the corpse is conveyed by the relations of the deceased , and de- posited upon a stage raised under a shed erected for the purpose , at some distance from the dwelling house . While it remains there , it is carefully guard- ed ...
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according ancient animal appear astronomers Benares BOUDHOU BRAHMA Bramins called Calpa Carangooly chain commencement considered Coonum hill CRISHNA DACSHA degree Deity denominated distance dwipa earth Egypt error feet fevers four Ganges Gayal Goands Hindus holy hypothenuse idea India inhabitants islands JUPITER king Kookies lake latitude learned length lived lunar Maha Mahrattas manner Manwantara Maumdoor mean meridian Méru micrometer moon mountains Mullapode hill North oblations Observed Angles Parah paroxysms perfect period Permacoil hill Perumbauk hill Peshwa planets Poonauk hill prayers PTOLEMY Puránas Rajah respecting river round Sanscrit SATURN screw sect shew SI'VA Siddhanta signifies sion Sir WILLIAM JONES SIVA sol-lunar influence ſome South station supposed Surya Siddhanta syllogism telescope temple thou Tibet tion triangle tribe Véda village VISHNU West whole word worship Yojanas است چنانچه که ماهیت نیست
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