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 781
... second perfon in this Scandinavian triad , is no other than the celebrated Dea Syria , adored at Babylon , and the Venus Urania of the Perfians . She feems , indeed , to be the prolific mother of all things , the great prin- ciple of ...
... second perfon in this Scandinavian triad , is no other than the celebrated Dea Syria , adored at Babylon , and the Venus Urania of the Perfians . She feems , indeed , to be the prolific mother of all things , the great prin- ciple of ...
Page 788
... second is , that these are offered up for the prefervation of the monarch . * << The ancient Peruvians used to facrifice young children from foure , or fix , yeares See the former chapter , p . 181. et feq . old old unto tenne ; and the ...
... second is , that these are offered up for the prefervation of the monarch . * << The ancient Peruvians used to facrifice young children from foure , or fix , yeares See the former chapter , p . 181. et feq . old old unto tenne ; and the ...
Page 793
... second is parallel to the Jupiter Pater , Jupiter Soter , and Jupiter Ultor , of the Greeks ; or , if the reader chooses rather to understand it phyfically , in respect to the ætherial element , this American Eendra may be the Jupiter ...
... second is parallel to the Jupiter Pater , Jupiter Soter , and Jupiter Ultor , of the Greeks ; or , if the reader chooses rather to understand it phyfically , in respect to the ætherial element , this American Eendra may be the Jupiter ...
Page 804
... second impe- rial dynasty of China , bearing the deno- mination of Xang , being called upon by the public voice , at a period of national distress , to be the propitiatory facrifice of offended heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing ...
... second impe- rial dynasty of China , bearing the deno- mination of Xang , being called upon by the public voice , at a period of national distress , to be the propitiatory facrifice of offended heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing ...
Page 815
... most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is evident , from Dr. Hyde , that both the prophet Ezekiel and See Hyde de Relig , vet , Perf . p . 361 . the the second Zoroafter , the friend of Hyftafpes , whom [ 815 ]
... most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is evident , from Dr. Hyde , that both the prophet Ezekiel and See Hyde de Relig , vet , Perf . p . 361 . the the second Zoroafter , the friend of Hyftafpes , whom [ 815 ]
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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