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 832
... Still , however , their most celebrated rabbins continued calculating , by the course of the stars , the times of their great Meffiah's expected advent . Repeated calcula- tions of those times , and as repeated disap- pointments , have ...
... Still , however , their most celebrated rabbins continued calculating , by the course of the stars , the times of their great Meffiah's expected advent . Repeated calcula- tions of those times , and as repeated disap- pointments , have ...
Page 833
... still delayed on account of the un- repented fins of the people . When this con- ftellation shall at length manifeft itself , the most awful prodigies in nature are to precede his defcent . The most fanguinary wars shall defolate the ...
... still delayed on account of the un- repented fins of the people . When this con- ftellation shall at length manifeft itself , the most awful prodigies in nature are to precede his defcent . The most fanguinary wars shall defolate the ...
Page 851
... still adhere to the great outlines only of the Hin- doo faith , and principally confine myself to an account of the rites paid to the great triad collectively or feparately . It is a circum- ftance equally curious as true , that there ...
... still adhere to the great outlines only of the Hin- doo faith , and principally confine myself to an account of the rites paid to the great triad collectively or feparately . It is a circum- ftance equally curious as true , that there ...
Page 865
... still greater fpeciousness and ftill more refined in- genuity , they would be totally inadmiffable , fince they oppose the tenor of that Sacred Book , by which all Christians are bound to regulate their belief , fince they are repugnant ...
... still greater fpeciousness and ftill more refined in- genuity , they would be totally inadmiffable , fince they oppose the tenor of that Sacred Book , by which all Christians are bound to regulate their belief , fince they are repugnant ...
Page 875
... still longer war , and a still more bloody defeat , their power in that part of Asia was totally broken , or rather annihilated . They were driven thence into its most remote re- gions , even into those cold and gloomy Tarta- rian ...
... still longer war , and a still more bloody defeat , their power in that part of Asia was totally broken , or rather annihilated . They were driven thence into its most remote re- gions , even into those cold and gloomy Tarta- rian ...
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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