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 774
... Since , however , the an- cient Jews did not think it repugnant to rea- fon to distinguish the divine Effence into THREE LIGHTS , affigning them names very nearly re- fembling those by which we denominate the three hypostases of the ...
... Since , however , the an- cient Jews did not think it repugnant to rea- fon to distinguish the divine Effence into THREE LIGHTS , affigning them names very nearly re- fembling those by which we denominate the three hypostases of the ...
Page 795
... Since it is my intention , in the ensuing hif- tory , occafionally to confider India upon the great scale of its more extended geography , as the ancients feem to have understood the term , and as ftated by Sir William Jones in the A ...
... Since it is my intention , in the ensuing hif- tory , occafionally to confider India upon the great scale of its more extended geography , as the ancients feem to have understood the term , and as ftated by Sir William Jones in the A ...
Page 803
... Since Confucius ftrictly adhered to , and vigorously enforced in his writings , the pure doctrine of his country , which equally forbade all images of the Deity and the deification of dead inen ; and , in confequence , could not con ...
... Since Confucius ftrictly adhered to , and vigorously enforced in his writings , the pure doctrine of his country , which equally forbade all images of the Deity and the deification of dead inen ; and , in confequence , could not con ...
Page 862
... Since , however , the fame fevere rites are practised ( though lefs extenfively , and generally ) in regions of Hindoftan , very remote from the foreft of Gandharvas , in the fnowy mountains of Heemacot , or Imaus , on plains where the ...
... Since , however , the fame fevere rites are practised ( though lefs extenfively , and generally ) in regions of Hindoftan , very remote from the foreft of Gandharvas , in the fnowy mountains of Heemacot , or Imaus , on plains where the ...
Page 945
... Since the Hindoos admit , observes the mi- nister of Akber , that the Almighty occafional- ly affumes an elementary form , without defi- ling his holiness , they make various idols , in gold and other metals , which serve to affift ...
... Since the Hindoos admit , observes the mi- nister of Akber , that the Almighty occafional- ly affumes an elementary form , without defi- ling his holiness , they make various idols , in gold and other metals , which serve to affift ...
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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