Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1801 - India |
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... to have concluded in this volume his ftric- tures on the Indian Theology , but he found that the very curious and interesting fubject of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY DEITY opened so vaft a field for inquiry , and [ viii ]
... to have concluded in this volume his ftric- tures on the Indian Theology , but he found that the very curious and interesting fubject of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY DEITY opened so vaft a field for inquiry , and [ viii ]
Page ix
... DEITY opened so vaft a field for inquiry , and , withal , led to fuch important confe- quences in our own fyftem of theology , that it was utterly impoffible to contract it within the narrow limits he had pre- fcribed himself . The ...
... DEITY opened so vaft a field for inquiry , and , withal , led to fuch important confe- quences in our own fyftem of theology , that it was utterly impoffible to contract it within the narrow limits he had pre- fcribed himself . The ...
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... and the revenue of whole provinces confumed , in adorning the temple , See the Travels of J. Albert de Mandelsloe , tranflated by John Davies , and published at London in 1662 . 1 temple of the Deity . In proof of this [ 15 ]
... and the revenue of whole provinces confumed , in adorning the temple , See the Travels of J. Albert de Mandelsloe , tranflated by John Davies , and published at London in 1662 . 1 temple of the Deity . In proof of this [ 15 ]
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... Deity . In proof of this , may be adduced that paffage which I have before quoted from the Ayeen Akbery , and which ... deities , fculp- tured with great fpirit and accuracy , while the lofty walls and cielings within are adorned with a ...
... Deity . In proof of this , may be adduced that paffage which I have before quoted from the Ayeen Akbery , and which ... deities , fculp- tured with great fpirit and accuracy , while the lofty walls and cielings within are adorned with a ...
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... Deity fometimes the OVAL form , that is , the form of the MUNDANE EGG , the image of that world which his power made and governs ; and on others again , as thofe of Benares and Mattra , the form of the St. Andrew's crofs , at once ...
... Deity fometimes the OVAL form , that is , the form of the MUNDANE EGG , the image of that world which his power made and governs ; and on others again , as thofe of Benares and Mattra , the form of the St. Andrew's crofs , at once ...
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