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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... respect to the Indian or San- fcreet language , though hitherto very little investigated , we find the traces of it in the very name of their firft grand deity Brahma , the Creator , which is , doubtlefs , connected with , C 3 1 with ...
... respect to the Indian or San- fcreet language , though hitherto very little investigated , we find the traces of it in the very name of their firft grand deity Brahma , the Creator , which is , doubtlefs , connected with , C 3 1 with ...
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... respect to the first of these propofitions , a fupreme Deity and governing Providence are neceffarily fuppofed in the very formation of every religious inftitution . As to the fecond ; their conviction of the immortality of the foul is ...
... respect to the first of these propofitions , a fupreme Deity and governing Providence are neceffarily fuppofed in the very formation of every religious inftitution . As to the fecond ; their conviction of the immortality of the foul is ...
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... respect to Hercules - Belus , I think it proper , at this early period of the effay , to ftate , that to his comprehensive his- tory and important character ought to be re- ferred the far greater part of those heroic feats , that in ...
... respect to Hercules - Belus , I think it proper , at this early period of the effay , to ftate , that to his comprehensive his- tory and important character ought to be re- ferred the far greater part of those heroic feats , that in ...
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... the common mode of paying respect and homage to benefactors and perfons of emi- nence and dignity , throughout those islands * Toland's Hiftory of the Druids , p . 108 . is three times to turn round them funways , all is [ 80 ] 1 ...
... the common mode of paying respect and homage to benefactors and perfons of emi- nence and dignity , throughout those islands * Toland's Hiftory of the Druids , p . 108 . is three times to turn round them funways , all is [ 80 ] 1 ...
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... respect to the Indians , there can be little doubt of their having been as early acquainted with the magnet , as the carlieft of those nations whom their geras and rich manufactures allured to their coaft , and whose fhores they * See ...
... respect to the Indians , there can be little doubt of their having been as early acquainted with the magnet , as the carlieft of those nations whom their geras and rich manufactures allured to their coaft , and whose fhores they * See ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuftom dæmon defcendants defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays fcience feems feftival ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fyftem fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory hypothefis immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent purpoſe race refpect regions Reſearches rites Sabian Sanfcreet Scythian Sir William Jones Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip