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
... She feems , indeed , to be the prolific mother of all things , the great prin- ciple of fecundity , and her name and rites demonstrate her close affinity with the RHEA of the Greeks , to whofe honour they smote the Ddd 4 * Mallet's ...
... She feems , indeed , to be the prolific mother of all things , the great prin- ciple of fecundity , and her name and rites demonstrate her close affinity with the RHEA of the Greeks , to whofe honour they smote the Ddd 4 * Mallet's ...
Page 782
... She gave her name to the fixth day of the week , which was confecrated to her under the de- nomination of FREYTAG , that is Frea's day , fynonimous with our Friday ; and , in direct teftimony that her character is not uncon- nected with ...
... She gave her name to the fixth day of the week , which was confecrated to her under the de- nomination of FREYTAG , that is Frea's day , fynonimous with our Friday ; and , in direct teftimony that her character is not uncon- nected with ...
Page 841
... she presents to the inquirer a two - fold , or rather multi - fold , afpect ; bearing alternately the fmile of beauty and complacency , and the frown of horror and deformity . At one time arrayed in all the giant terrors of fuperftition ...
... she presents to the inquirer a two - fold , or rather multi - fold , afpect ; bearing alternately the fmile of beauty and complacency , and the frown of horror and deformity . At one time arrayed in all the giant terrors of fuperftition ...
Page 842
... she delights in pompous facrifices and fplendid oblations : fhe exults to fee her altars de- corated with brocade , and her images glit- tering with jewels ; a numerous train of priests , gorgeoufly arrayed , officiating in her tem ...
... she delights in pompous facrifices and fplendid oblations : fhe exults to fee her altars de- corated with brocade , and her images glit- tering with jewels ; a numerous train of priests , gorgeoufly arrayed , officiating in her tem ...
Page 896
... She has another grand * The reader may confult Potter's Archæologia Greca , vol . i . P. 400 . + Holwell's Account of the Indian Festivals , part ii . p . 154 . Ibid . p . 127 . grand feftival on getting in the harveft , when fhe [ 896 ]
... She has another grand * The reader may confult Potter's Archæologia Greca , vol . i . P. 400 . + Holwell's Account of the Indian Festivals , part ii . p . 154 . Ibid . p . 127 . grand feftival on getting in the harveft , when fhe [ 896 ]
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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