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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Page 31
... priests have variety for different feftivals , fome of rubies , fome of pearls , and others of emeralds . The head and neck of this idol were alone visible ; all the reft of the body was covered with an embroidered robe , fpreading in ...
... priests have variety for different feftivals , fome of rubies , fome of pearls , and others of emeralds . The head and neck of this idol were alone visible ; all the reft of the body was covered with an embroidered robe , fpreading in ...
Page 37
... priests con- ftantly officiated . Of the temple itself , the most extravagant relations are given by the Perfian and Arabian authors , who wrote the life of Mahmud and his defcendants ; authors from whofe valuable works Ferishtah proba ...
... priests con- ftantly officiated . Of the temple itself , the most extravagant relations are given by the Perfian and Arabian authors , who wrote the life of Mahmud and his defcendants ; authors from whofe valuable works Ferishtah proba ...
Page 50
... priests and the great increase of the revenues of the na- bob . Tavernier defcribes the principal ftatue as refembling VENUS , and therefore the god- defs here adored is , in all probability , BHA- whom I have before observed to be the ...
... priests and the great increase of the revenues of the na- bob . Tavernier defcribes the principal ftatue as refembling VENUS , and therefore the god- defs here adored is , in all probability , BHA- whom I have before observed to be the ...
Page 53
... priests and the pilgrims , each candy containing 1600 lb. weight . * This account of Mr. Hamilton is confirmed , in almoft fimilar words , by Tavernier , who , speaking of Jaggernaut , obferves , " Les reve- nus de cette grande pagode ...
... priests and the pilgrims , each candy containing 1600 lb. weight . * This account of Mr. Hamilton is confirmed , in almoft fimilar words , by Tavernier , who , speaking of Jaggernaut , obferves , " Les reve- nus de cette grande pagode ...
Page 59
... priests , and the confequent burning of those lofty and unrivalled edifices , the remains of which , at this day ... priesthood ; nor can we wonder that the real madness , which fucceeded to the tem- porary phrenzy that dictated those ...
... priests , and the confequent burning of those lofty and unrivalled edifices , the remains of which , at this day ... priesthood ; nor can we wonder that the real madness , which fucceeded to the tem- porary phrenzy that dictated those ...
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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