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, 1794 - India |
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Page 865
... Sacred Book , by which all Christians are bound to regulate their belief , fince they are repugnant to the whole stream of tradition , and fince they are * Confult Sir Walter Raleigh's Hiftory of the World , book i . chap . vii . p . 74 ...
... Sacred Book , by which all Christians are bound to regulate their belief , fince they are repugnant to the whole stream of tradition , and fince they are * Confult Sir Walter Raleigh's Hiftory of the World , book i . chap . vii . p . 74 ...
Page 871
... sacred volume of truth are corroborated by incontrovertible testimonies from profane authors . Following the line marked out by Mr. Bryant , I contend , that the first migration of mankind from Ararat took place about a century after ...
... sacred volume of truth are corroborated by incontrovertible testimonies from profane authors . Following the line marked out by Mr. Bryant , I contend , that the first migration of mankind from Ararat took place about a century after ...
Page 968
... sacred palass - wood . He then leaves . the house of his natural for the abode of his fpiritual father , under whofe tuition he learns . all the fublime doctrines and mysterious rites inculcated in the Vedas . There is no occa- fion for ...
... sacred palass - wood . He then leaves . the house of his natural for the abode of his fpiritual father , under whofe tuition he learns . all the fublime doctrines and mysterious rites inculcated in the Vedas . There is no occa- fion for ...
Page 1052
... sacred donations by the avaricious brahmins . So barefaced indeed is it , that , in a following page , it is afferted , that whofoever fhall give to the brahmins fuf- ficient ground for a house to stand upon , fhall enjoy ten kulehs in ...
... sacred donations by the avaricious brahmins . So barefaced indeed is it , that , in a following page , it is afferted , that whofoever fhall give to the brahmins fuf- ficient ground for a house to stand upon , fhall enjoy ten kulehs in ...
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affertion Afia Afiatic alfo Almai alſo altar amidſt ancient antiquity Apuleius Arrian aſtoniſhment Ayeen Akbery Brahma brahmins ceremony Chineſe Chriſtian confecrated confidered cuſtom dæmons dance darkneſs defcended deity deſcribed devotion divine doctrine dreadful earth Egypt eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice fame fays fecond fect feſtivals feven fevere fhall fhould fince fire firft firſt folemn fome fometimes foul fpirits ftate ftone fubject fuch fufferings fuperftition fymbol heaven herſelf himſelf Hindoo hiſtory idol India Indian inftance inveſtigation itſelf laſt leaſt leſs Lingam Mithra moſt muſt myfteries obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions pagoda Parmenides penance penitents Perfia perfons Pfyche philofopher Plato poffible Pooja Porphyry prefent prieſts purpoſe Pythagoras reader reaſon repreſented reſpect rites Sabian Saniaffi ſcarcely Seeva ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir William Jones ſome ſtate ſtill ſyſtem temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe thouſand throne tion tolahs univerfal uſe vafe vaſt Veefhnu whofe whoſe worſhip Yogee