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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... heads , his ftrength by the elephant , his glory by horns , imitative of the folar ray , his creative energy by the male of animals of a prolific kind , as the bull or goat , while the combinations of thefe animals , or parts of animals ...
... heads , his ftrength by the elephant , his glory by horns , imitative of the folar ray , his creative energy by the male of animals of a prolific kind , as the bull or goat , while the combinations of thefe animals , or parts of animals ...
Page 31
... head and neck of this idol were alone visible ; all the reft of the body was covered with an embroidered robe , fpreading in ample folds upon the altar below . On the right fide of the altar he obferved a strange com- pound figure of ...
... head and neck of this idol were alone visible ; all the reft of the body was covered with an embroidered robe , fpreading in ample folds upon the altar below . On the right fide of the altar he obferved a strange com- pound figure of ...
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... head of the idol , which appear- ed to be of black marble , was alone visible , with two great rubies in the place of eyes . All the reft of the body , from the fhoulder to the feet , was concealed beneath a robe of purple velvet . He ...
... head of the idol , which appear- ed to be of black marble , was alone visible , with two great rubies in the place of eyes . All the reft of the body , from the fhoulder to the feet , was concealed beneath a robe of purple velvet . He ...
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... head on every pilgrim who came to worship at that pagoda ; which , in the annual average , amounted to 750,000l . and that five CANDIES of provifion were daily dreffed for the use of the priests and the pilgrims , each candy containing ...
... head on every pilgrim who came to worship at that pagoda ; which , in the annual average , amounted to 750,000l . and that five CANDIES of provifion were daily dreffed for the use of the priests and the pilgrims , each candy containing ...
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... heads and arms , the rude expreffive fymbols of fuper - human wisdom and of gigantic power ; others appear with large horns branching from their heads and others again with huge tusks protruded from * Orme's History of Hindoftan , vol ...
... heads and arms , the rude expreffive fymbols of fuper - human wisdom and of gigantic power ; others appear with large horns branching from their heads and others again with huge tusks protruded from * Orme's History of Hindoftan , vol ...
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adored adorned æra afcended affertion Afiatic aftoniſhing aftronomical alfo animals antiquity architecture Aurengzeb beautiful becauſe Brahmins caverns celebrated circumftance coloffal columns confecrated confidered conftruction dæmons decorated defcendants defcribed defcription defigns deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus dome Doric order edifice Egypt Egyptian engraved erected fabricated facred fame fays fculptured feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould fhrine fide figns fimilar fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome fquare ftatues ftill ftones ftructure ftupendous fuch fuperb fuperftition fuppofed fupported fymbol Gazna grand groves Herodotus hieroglyphics hiftory himſelf Hindoftan Hindoo idol Ifis India Indian inftance itſelf Jaggernaut lefs lofty maffy magnificent majeſtic marble Mithra moft ancient moſt muſt Nile obferved Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian Plutarch Pococke portico prefent prieſts purpoſe pyramids reader reafon receffes repreſented Reſearches reſemblance rites roof Savary temple Thebais thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Typhon univerfally uſed vafe vaft veneration Vitruvius walls whofe worſhip