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 809
... of this volume of Indian Antiquities ; but I found myfelf obliged , occafionally , to diverge fo far from subjects immediately Fff 2 • Le Compte's Memoirs of China , p . 314 . immediately connected with India , and to take fuch an [ 809 ]
... of this volume of Indian Antiquities ; but I found myfelf obliged , occafionally , to diverge fo far from subjects immediately Fff 2 • Le Compte's Memoirs of China , p . 314 . immediately connected with India , and to take fuch an [ 809 ]
Page 826
... subject , that the true ENs was no other than the Jehovah of the Hebrews , a word which Buxtorf ( cited by me in a former page ) afferts to mean ENS , EXISTENS , and whence , it is more than probable , the Greek word , defcriptive of ...
... subject , that the true ENs was no other than the Jehovah of the Hebrews , a word which Buxtorf ( cited by me in a former page ) afferts to mean ENS , EXISTENS , and whence , it is more than probable , the Greek word , defcriptive of ...
Page 827
... subject was Nu- menius , a Pythagorean , who flourished in the second century , and who , if Eufebius rightly represents his fentiments , wrote concerning Three Sovereign Deities . He makes the Second the Son of the First , and , by a ...
... subject was Nu- menius , a Pythagorean , who flourished in the second century , and who , if Eufebius rightly represents his fentiments , wrote concerning Three Sovereign Deities . He makes the Second the Son of the First , and , by a ...
Page 829
... from the evident ap- pearance of it in the Chaldee paraphrases , compofed before the violent difputes on the subject broke forth , I have selected many Ggg 4 ftriking ftriking paffages from them , which , I imagine , [ 829 ]
... from the evident ap- pearance of it in the Chaldee paraphrases , compofed before the violent difputes on the subject broke forth , I have selected many Ggg 4 ftriking ftriking paffages from them , which , I imagine , [ 829 ]
Page 840
... subject so extenfive and so complex as the ANCIENT RELIGION OF INDIA , a reli- gion fo involved in the fables of mythology , fo darkened by the deepest fhades of supersti- tion , and in the investigation of which , such an an ample ...
... subject so extenfive and so complex as the ANCIENT RELIGION OF INDIA , a reli- gion fo involved in the fables of mythology , fo darkened by the deepest fhades of supersti- tion , and in the investigation of which , such an an ample ...
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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