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 14
... thefe immenfe fa- brics , we can fcarcely yet confider ourselves as entirely emancipated from the gloom of the ancient groves and caves defcribed in the for- mer volume ; fo great , in many inftances , is the fimilitude between them ...
... thefe immenfe fa- brics , we can fcarcely yet confider ourselves as entirely emancipated from the gloom of the ancient groves and caves defcribed in the for- mer volume ; fo great , in many inftances , is the fimilitude between them ...
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... Thefe amazing ftructures are generally erected near the banks of the Ganges , Kiftna , or other facred rivers , for the benefit of ablu- tion in the purifying stream . Where no ri- yer flows near the foot of the pagoda , there is ...
... Thefe amazing ftructures are generally erected near the banks of the Ganges , Kiftna , or other facred rivers , for the benefit of ablu- tion in the purifying stream . Where no ri- yer flows near the foot of the pagoda , there is ...
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... thefe emblematical figures when , in the next chapter , I come to confider the worship paid in these pagodas . It is fufficient , at present , to remark that the Indians worship the Deity by symbols ; while his power , extending through ...
... thefe emblematical figures when , in the next chapter , I come to confider the worship paid in these pagodas . It is fufficient , at present , to remark that the Indians worship the Deity by symbols ; while his power , extending through ...
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... thefe higher regions of Hindoftan , whofe accumulated treafures became the property of thofe facrilegious Arabian and Persian in- vaders , who , under the pretence of propa- gating religion , violated every principle of morality , and ...
... thefe higher regions of Hindoftan , whofe accumulated treafures became the property of thofe facrilegious Arabian and Persian in- vaders , who , under the pretence of propa- gating religion , violated every principle of morality , and ...
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... Thefe holy and perfecuted men , throughout the regions which received them , are faid to have propagated the superstitions of Egypt , and both India , Scythia , and China , became in time polluted with the multiform idolatry , which ...
... Thefe holy and perfecuted men , throughout the regions which received them , are faid to have propagated the superstitions of Egypt , and both India , Scythia , and China , became in time polluted with the multiform idolatry , which ...
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