The Idol of Somnath, from
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SOMNATH, IDOL OF — a mere mass of coarse crockery, says Jepherson Brick, an imaginary friend of Carlyle s, not worth five shillings, sat like a great staring god, with two diamonds for eyes, which one day a commander of the Faithful took the liberty to smite… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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SOMNATH — (7), an ancient maritime town of Oujarat, India, in the SW. of the peninsula of Kathiawar; has interesting memorials of Krishna, who, it is alleged, is hurled in the vicinity; close by is a famous ruined Hindu temple, despoiled in the 11th… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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