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 792
... Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal marks of the fimilarity pre- vailing in the theology of the two continents : nor can I , for the fame reafon , prevail upon myself to omit his relation of their very re ...
... Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal marks of the fimilarity pre- vailing in the theology of the two continents : nor can I , for the fame reafon , prevail upon myself to omit his relation of their very re ...
Page 793
... Sun , called APOмTI , CHURUNTI , and INTIQUAOQUI , aré terms that fignify FATHER and LORD SUN , the SON SUN , and the BRO- THER SUN . In like manner they named the THREE IMAGES of CHUQUILLA , which is the god that rules in the region of ...
... Sun , called APOмTI , CHURUNTI , and INTIQUAOQUI , aré terms that fignify FATHER and LORD SUN , the SON SUN , and the BRO- THER SUN . In like manner they named the THREE IMAGES of CHUQUILLA , which is the god that rules in the region of ...
Page 851
... sun- rife perform to his honour the ceremony of Sandivane , or ablution in the Ganges , or fome facred tank . In all other respects , his func- tions and worship feem to be abforbed in that of Veeshnu , in whofe temples he is fculptured ...
... sun- rife perform to his honour the ceremony of Sandivane , or ablution in the Ganges , or fome facred tank . In all other respects , his func- tions and worship feem to be abforbed in that of Veeshnu , in whofe temples he is fculptured ...
Page 860
... SUN ; but fince we read , in the fame page of the Ayeen Akbery , that few venomous reptiles are to be found in the Subah , it is evident that they must have derived the superstition from some other country . * I am not , however , incli ...
... SUN ; but fince we read , in the fame page of the Ayeen Akbery , that few venomous reptiles are to be found in the Subah , it is evident that they must have derived the superstition from some other country . * I am not , however , incli ...
Page 873
... SUN , established , on the most Eastern boun- dary of Afia , the vast and celebrated empire of CHINA . When the rifing tower of Babel was over- thrown ( as the Orientals report ) by ftorms , earthquakes , and whirlwinds , commiffioned ...
... SUN , established , on the most Eastern boun- dary of Afia , the vast and celebrated empire of CHINA . When the rifing tower of Babel was over- thrown ( as the Orientals report ) by ftorms , earthquakes , and whirlwinds , commiffioned ...
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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 dĉmons 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