Hindoo
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Hindoos
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As he wrote about the 1777 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, it contained "within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohametan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination."
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2023
I thought JR Ackerley’s Hindoo Holiday was the most enjoyable book I’d ever read when I discovered it belatedly 10 years ago, and it seems to me even better now.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2020
Evelyn Waugh called Hindoo Holiday “radiantly delightful” and its accuracy of human perception “intoxicating”.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2020
In reaction to British diatribes about "Hindoo immorality" a new generation of British-educated Hindu reformers began critically to re-examine their own traditions.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2014
If the first sight did not awaken in us the same emotions as in the mind of the Hindoo, the scene was picturesque enough to excite our admiration.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Hindoos, the, art among, 36; their domestic code, 175.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
The Hindoos have even learned to make pilgrimages by steam, and find it much cheaper, as well as easier, than to go afoot.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
It is singular that there is no tradition concerning them, nor are they held in any respect by the Hindoos of this country.
I ask, What idea do the 272 Hindoos attach to bathing in the Ganges?
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
No wonder that the Hindoos made this inaccessible region the dwelling-place of their gods.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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