Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
649 Fig. 50.Fig. 49. a Sacti] eyes,130 <0^ O are used sti11 as emblems of Siva and Sacti by the Hindoos, as they were by theancient Egyptians, all of which indicate the conjunc- Fig. 52. Fig. 53. Fig. 51. o V S tion of the triad with the unit. The following Hindoosymbols have the same… … w Fig. 62. Fig. 63. 0^3 ^\ therein under a form closely resembling the Assyriangrove, or the door, see Fig. 66, Vol. I., p. 160. 130 There is a very curious story told of Indra in Moors Hindoo Pantheon,p. 263, which proves clearly the relation between the eye and the Sacti. It runsthus: Great and…
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