Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1868)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 978
e Hindu mystics as a mighty anjha, orlOni, typical of Parvati (/. e., mountain-born,referring to that known amongst anatomists as themons veneris), with her sectaries, the medhra, or thewomb of nature. In her virgin character she corre-sponds with Diana and Minerva, and she is also con-sorted with… … —^»u*i._ai,:i:;: p. 649, supra, and a gi-eat number of others, all 926 having the same signification, and referring to Par-vati, to Siva, or to both combined. I may still farther bo allowed to say that Moor,like many other acute observers, considers that themigration or extension of a race may be…
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