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Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal April 1912

1912

From a letter of a French Missionary it appeared " that one of the principal diamonds of the crown of France and which was purchased of an Englishman was one of the eyes of the god A Cf. [...] S and a Vaishnava by family religion. had the freest access to the innermost sanctuaries and to the most secret of scriptures says nothing of diamonds in his description of the images of Balabhadra Jagannatha and SubhadrV His silence is the more significant as he was the first to quote the text of the Tabcirat-ul-Nazirin. [...] Assuming the information of my correspondents to be correct one might ask oneself whether the story of the theft of one of the eyes did not originate from a desire on the part of the people to explain the single " eye " in the forehead. [...] The Brahman had just lit the fire for the purpose of cooking when the grocer returned and offered half a pice to the woman "146 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [...] The surprise of the Brahman was great : he went with the mendicant at the monastery to pass the night under the protection of so pious a preceptor.
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Pages
63
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii unknown view
14. The Pitt Diamond and the Eyes of Jagannath (Puri)
133-144 H. Hosten view
15. The Bardic Chronicles
145-148 Haraprasād Shāstri view
16. Prayer of Choje Tsang-pa Gyare called the Religious Wishes. (Ge-jordumpa)
149-160 unknown view
17. The Persian Autobiography of Shāh Waliullah bin `Abd al-Rahim al-Dihiavi: its English Translation and a List of his Works
161-176 M. Husain view
18. Simhāchelam Temple
177-184 S. P. V. Rāmānujaswāmi view
Apr-12
cxi-cxv unknown view
The Adjourned Meeting of the Medical Section of the Society was held at the Society’s Rooms on Wednesday the 10th April 1912
cxv-cxvi A. H. Nott view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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