Thesaurus of English and Hindūstānī technical terms: used in building and other useful arts, and scientific manual of words and phrases in the higher branches of knowlege ...Stephen Austin, Oriental printer and publisher, 1859 - 106 pages |
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Page 63 - Their names are Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces; the whole occupying a complete circle, or broad belt, in the heavens, called the Zodiac.
Page 58 - India paper would have to be requisitioned in order to contain the complete tale of its printed integers of units, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions, billions, the nucleus of the nebula...
Page v - Thus fell the Hindu Rajahs of Bengal, who ruled from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, and from the Indus to the Megna or Brahmaputra. The only Pagan kingdom of importance when the Portuguese appeared was that of the Carnatic or Vijayanagar, concerning which more presently. 3 Varthema (p. 117) calls it " Decan, a very beautiful City of India.