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 795
... say , as an em- pire extending from the great northern range of Caucasus to the extreme fouthern point of Sinhala , or Ceylone , and from the frontiers of Perfia on the Weft to the Chinese Ocean on the Eaft , it will be my province ...
... say , as an em- pire extending from the great northern range of Caucasus to the extreme fouthern point of Sinhala , or Ceylone , and from the frontiers of Perfia on the Weft to the Chinese Ocean on the Eaft , it will be my province ...
Page 808
... say these writers , from a certain liquor , which LAO - KIUN invented , and which he affirmed would , if drank , make men immortal . has every appearance of being an allegory , and hereby may be meant no other than the AM- REETA , or ...
... say these writers , from a certain liquor , which LAO - KIUN invented , and which he affirmed would , if drank , make men immortal . has every appearance of being an allegory , and hereby may be meant no other than the AM- REETA , or ...
Page 861
... says , " In the centre of the refervoir is an idol- temple of stone , a beautiful fabric . At this place , the devotees furround themselves with fire till they are reduced to afhes , imagining they are , by this act , pleasing the Deity ...
... says , " In the centre of the refervoir is an idol- temple of stone , a beautiful fabric . At this place , the devotees furround themselves with fire till they are reduced to afhes , imagining they are , by this act , pleasing the Deity ...
Page 969
... says , Pardon my offences ! After this , he throws away the water ; then he rubs himself all over with earth ; and , if he be in a river , dives three times , or else he throws water thrice o- ver his body , and rubs himself with his ...
... says , Pardon my offences ! After this , he throws away the water ; then he rubs himself all over with earth ; and , if he be in a river , dives three times , or else he throws water thrice o- ver his body , and rubs himself with his ...
Page 1056
... says , feed on fruits and cows ' milk , congealed with herbs ( probably curds , or ghee ) ; thofe on the Ganges eat the abundant vegetables and wild barley that grow in its neighbourhood . In refpect to the Sa- maneans , or Sarmans , as ...
... says , feed on fruits and cows ' milk , congealed with herbs ( probably curds , or ghee ) ; thofe on the Ganges eat the abundant vegetables and wild barley that grow in its neighbourhood . In refpect to the Sa- maneans , or Sarmans , as ...
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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