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The leaven of modern ideas has now led to the rise of a party among the [= A] ryas which is prepared to stand by reason out and out, and repudiate the founder's bondage to the Vedas and his _à priori_ expositions.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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Before them, where once there had been honeysee grass and ryas trees standing tall and proud, now there was nothing but a sea of faceless housing, each one the same as the last.
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No human-it ryas believed-had been allowed in Silvanesti since a hundred years before that.
Hammer and Axe Parkinson, Dan 1985
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The warrior ryas shouting and pointing behind them.
Hammer and Axe Parkinson, Dan 1985
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We also read that the very last parting words of the founder of the [= A] ryas himself were:
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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The ancient and modern condemnation of eating beef was rationalised by the [= A] ryas as follows: To kill a cow is as bad as to kill many men.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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Founded in 1875, the [= A] ryas are the most rapidly increasing of the new
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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[= A] rya preachers denounce the corruptions of Hinduism, and in turn, what may be called a Great Council of orthodox Hindus has pronounced condemnation on the [= A] ryas.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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The milk of the cow and her six cow calves during her natural lifetime would give food for a day to an army of 154,440 men, according to the calculation of the founder of the [= A] ryas, while the labour of the other six calves as oxen would give a full meal to an army of 256,000 men.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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[= A] ryas, they are everywhere assumed in the Vedas, and two of the hymns in the Rigveda are for use at the sacrifice of a horse
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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