Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1873)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 946
e Hindu mystics as a mighty argha, orlOni, typical of Parvati (i. e., mountain-born,referring to that known amongst anatomists as the7nons veneris), with her sectaries, the medhra, or thewomb of nature. In her virgin character she corre-sponds with Diana and Minerva, and she is alsoconsorted with… … p. 649, supra, and a great number of others, all 926 YoNi] ha-sniig the same signification, and referring to Par-vati, to Siva, or to both combined. I may still farther be allowed to say that Moor,like many other acute observers, considers that themigration or extension of a race may be traced by…
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