ORIENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS

OF

THE SACRED SCRIPTURES,

COLLECTED FROM

THE CUSTOMS, MANNERS, RITES, SUPERSTITIONS, TRADITIONS,
PARABOLICAL, IDIOMATICAL, AND PROVERBIAL FORMS OF SPEECH,
CLIMATE, WORKS OF ART, AND LITERATURE,

OF

THE HINDOOS,

DURING A RESIDENCE IN THE EAST OF NEARLY

FOURTEEN YEARS.

BY JOSEPH ROBERTS,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN

AND IRELAND.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE.

MDCCCXLIV.

26.10

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Edward B. Tylor.