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)
he Hindu mystics as a mighty argha, orIOni, typical of Parvati (i. 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 alsoconsorted with… … p. 649, supra, and a great number of others, all 926 Yoni] having 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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