 Gyiunosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees ; which according to the accounts of Nearchus, cover a circumference...  The Ladies' pocket magazine - Page 2311836Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 1800 - 356 pages
...Indian Theology. Arrian, speaking of this same race, observes : These people live naked. In winter they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air; and, in the summer, when the / heat * Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. vii. cap. 2. t Tusc. Quasst. lib. v. lieat becomes... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - India - 1806 - 268 pages
...gymosophists, in his book of Indian affairs. " These people," says he, " live naked. In winter, they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air;...the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places under large trees ; which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 742 pages
...theGymnosophists, in his book of Indian affairs. These people," says he, " live naked. In Winter they enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air;...the heat becomes excessive, they pass their time in moist and marshy places under large trees ; which, according to Nearchus, cover a circumference of... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...image under one of these trees, and there perform a moruing and evening sacrifice. These are the trees under which a sect of naked philosophers, called Gymnosophists,...true picture of the modern Hindoos. " In winter the Gyiunosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the heat becomes... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1826 - 414 pages
...vistas of this umbrageous canopy, impervious to the hottest beams of a tropical sun. These are the trees under which a sect of naked philosophers, called Gymnosophists,...Arrian's days, and this historian of Ancient Greece presents a true picture of the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, ' the Gymnosophists enjoy the... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...canopy, impervious to the hottest beams of a tropical sun. These are the trees under which a sect of philosophers, called Gymnosophists, assembled in Arrian's days, and this historian of Ancient Greece presents a true picture of the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, 'the Gymnosophists enjoy the... | |
 | James Forbes - India - 1834 - 586 pages
...image under one of these trees, and there perform a morning and evening sacrifice. These are the trees under which a sect of naked philosophers, called Gymnosophists,...Arrian's days ; and this historian of ancient Greece gives us a true picture of the modern Hindoos : " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1838 - 480 pages
...perform a morning and evening sacrifice. These are the trees under which a sect of naked philosopher?, called Gymnosophists, assembled in Arrian's days ; and this historian of ancient Greece gives us a true picture of the modern Hindoos " In winter the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 370 pages
...vistas of this umbrageous canopy, impervious to the hottest beams of a tropical sun. These are the trees under which a sect of naked philosophers, called Gymnosophists...Arrian's days, and this historian of Ancient Greece presents a true picture of the modem Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, ' the Gymnosophists enjoy the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Religion and science - 1844 - 364 pages
...historian of Ancient Greece presents a true picture of the modern Hindoos. ' In winter,' he says, ' the Gymnosophists enjoy the benefit of the sun's rays in the open air ; and in summer, when the beat becomes excessive, they pass their time in cool and moist places, under large trees, which, according... | |
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