 | Thomas Maurice - 1800 - 356 Seiten
...Indian Theology. Arrian, speaking of this same race, observes : These people live naked. In winter they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air; and, in the summer, when the / heat * Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. vii. cap. 2. t Tusc. Quasst. lib. v. lieat becomes... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 322 Seiten
...Affairs. " These people," says he, " live naked ; in winter they enjoy the benefit of the solar ray* in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places, under large trees, which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 268 Seiten
...gymosophists, in his book of Indian affairs. " These people," says he, " live naked. In winter, they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air;...the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places under large trees ; which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of... | |
 | 1808 - 742 Seiten
...theGymnosophists, in his book of Indian affairs. These people," says he, " live naked. In Winter they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air;...the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places under large trees ; which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 Seiten
...Quetzalcoatl, the god uf the air. This Quetzalcoatl, whose name siguines 211. "In winter these Gymnosophists, enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air...five acres, and extend their branches so far, that 24 25 icn thousand men may easily find shelter under them." — 0» the banks of the Narbudda, adds... | |
 | 1836 - 634 Seiten
...his Oriental Memoirs, affords a true picture of the Modern Hindoos: — " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air...five acres, and extend their branches so far, that 10,000 men may easily find shelter under them." TH THE LANTERN FLY. — This luminous insect affords... | |
 | John Shute Duncan - 1825 - 124 Seiten
...Arrian gives a true picture of modern Hindoos : " The Gymnosophists, when the " heat is excessive, pass their time in cool and moist " places under large trees, which, according to the " account of Nearchus, cover a circumference of five " acres, and extend their branches so far, that... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1826 - 414 Seiten
...Ancient Greece presents a true picture of the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, ' the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air...the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference of Jive acres, and extend their branches so far, that ten thousand men may easily find shelter under them.'... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 480 Seiten
...worship, they place an image under one of these trees, and there perform a morning and evening sacrifice. five acres, and extend their branches so far, that ten thousand men raav easily find shelter under them." There are none of this magnitude at Bombay ; but on the banks... | |
 | 1830 - 484 Seiten
...Arrian observes, that the Gymnosophists, ' in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, pass their timu in cool and moist places, under large trees, which, according to the accounts of Nearr-hus, cover a circumference of live acres, and extend their branches so far, that ten thousand... | |
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In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which, according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a... 
