A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . PLAT E XXI Vishnu as Dvarapala or Guardian of tlie Door. Ancient Indiansculpture in the Rock-tennple at Badami. History of All Nations, , pageStS. TUE KVTUn-MTNAR AT DELHI. .320 comes forth the eUxir Amrita, the draught that brings a boar, he kills the Daitya Hiranyaksha ( golden eye). Asa man-lion, he slays another demon, Hiranyakagipu ( sitting upongolden carpet ); in this guise he appears on the relief at Badami,opposite the Dvarapala, or gate-keeper. Moreover, as a dwarf heou
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . PLAT E XXI Vishnu as Dvarapala or Guardian of tlie Door. Ancient Indiansculpture in the Rock-tennple at Badami. History of All Nations, , pageStS. TUE KVTUn-MTNAR AT DELHI. .320 comes forth the eUxir Amrita, the draught that brings a boar, he kills the Daitya Hiranyaksha ( golden eye). Asa man-lion, he slays another demon, Hiranyakagipu ( sitting upongolden carpet ); in this guise he appears on the relief at Badami,opposite the Dvarapala, or gate-keeper. Moreover, as a dwarf heoutwits the king of the Daitya Bali, from whom he obtains the giftof as much land as he can compass in three steps. Hereupon hechanges himself into a giant, and strides through heaven, earth, andair, which he bestows upon the gods. Then Vishnu became the heroParashurama, and successively Rama, and the demi-god Krishna, whoin the Mahabharata takes part in the contests of the Kurus andPandus; finally he is born as Buddha. This last avatar viewsBuddhism as merely a phase of Brahmanism, in order to break
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