 ... two towards the ground. Another mode of representing Mithras, usual at Rome (for the Romans adopted this god of the Persians, as they did those of all other nations, though they paid him a very different sort of worship from that of Apollo,) was...  Providence: An Allegorical Poem in Three Books - 95. lappuseautors: John Ogilvie - 1764 - 192 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1764 - 616 lapas
...it to a few. It was impoflible when the God Mythras was reprefented by the Egyptians and Perfians, fometimes with the head of a lion and the body of...with a flaming torch ; and at others, in the habit of anHigh-prieil : — that the vulgar of thefe nations fhould comprehend the doarines which were veiled... | |
 | William Kirby - 1835 - 542 lapas
...sacred animal. Baal was worshipped as an ox as well as a fly. (Tobit, i. 5.) 8 Mithras is to be seen with the head of a lion and the body of a man, having four wings, two of which are extended towards the sky, and the other two towards the ground.... | |
 | 1837 - 680 lapas
...sacred animal. Baal was worshipped as an ox as well as a fly. (Tobit, i. 5.) 2 Mithras is to be seen with the head of a lion and the body of a man, taring four wings, two of which are extended towards the sky, and the other two towards the ground.... | |
 | Jean Boisselier - 1989 - 132 lapas
...assistant of Siva, and door-keeper with Mahakala. Narasimha (Skt.) - "Man-lion"; Vishnu's 4th major avatara with the head of a lion and the body of a man. Nirvana (Skt.), Nibbana (P.) - The "Extinction" and final liberation from the cycle of rebirths. Padmapani... | |
 | Ranchor Prime - 1996 - 132 lapas
...apart. All who heard it were afraid. The pillar burst asunder and a terrifying form emerged from it — with the head of a lion and the body of a man. This was Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu, who had come to protect his devotee, Prahlad.... | |
 | Priya Hemenway - 2003 - 120 lapas
...watched, the pillar he was standing next to split into two and Vishnu appeared in the form of Narasimha, with the head of a lion and the body of a man. Hiranyakasipu was a man of extraordinary strength, but he could do nothing against Narasimha, who caught... | |
 | 2003 - 312 lapas
...'Lord Narasimha', one of the incarnations of 'Lord Vishnu' in which the Lord manifests in the form with the head of a Lion and the body of a man to kill the demon-king Hiranya. The interesting feature of this temple is that all the nine forms of... | |
 | 2009 - 92 lapas
...sanctified by the 18th century temple dedicated to 'Lord Narasimha' the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, with the head of a Lion and the body of a man. This tranquil temple was built by an officer under Hyder Ali, by name Nallappa who authored the famous... | |
 | 92 lapas
...'Lord Narasimha', one of the incarnations of 'Lord Vishnu' in which the Lord manifests in the form with the head of a Lion and the body of a man to kill the demon-king Hiranya. The interesting feature of this temple is that all the nine forms of... | |
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