 | 1890 - 140 Seiten
...gymosophists in his book of Indian affairs. These people, he says, in summer wear no clothing. 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 five... | |
 | 1814 - 1018 Seiten
...historian of ancient Greece gives us a true picture of the modern Hindoos: "In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air...thousand men may easily find shelter under them." There are none of this magnitude at Bombay ; but on the banks of the Narbudda I have spent many delightful... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 492 Seiten
...historian of ancient Greece gives us a true picture of the modern Hindoos : " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air...the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference of Dancing Serpents. 303 five acres, and extend their branches so far, that ten thousand men may easily... | |
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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... 
