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 771
... EGYPT , AND GREECE . THE WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL V. In which the Investigation of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY is continued ; and the HORRIBLE ...
... EGYPT , AND GREECE . THE WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL V. In which the Investigation of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY is continued ; and the HORRIBLE ...
Page 778
... Egyptian and Afiatic antiquities , fhould have not discovered that the urn , or cup , alluded to , is that of the lotos . In respect to the figure itself , it is evi- dently dently the Indian Triad , Brahma , Veeshnu , and [ 778 ]
... Egyptian and Afiatic antiquities , fhould have not discovered that the urn , or cup , alluded to , is that of the lotos . In respect to the figure itself , it is evi- dently dently the Indian Triad , Brahma , Veeshnu , and [ 778 ]
Page 779
... Egypt , the elder Buddha or Boodh of In- dia , the Fo of China , and the Mercury of ' Greece and Rome . In fhort , that the religion of almost every nation of the earth , previous to the happy diffufion of the Christian doc- trine ...
... Egypt , the elder Buddha or Boodh of In- dia , the Fo of China , and the Mercury of ' Greece and Rome . In fhort , that the religion of almost every nation of the earth , previous to the happy diffufion of the Christian doc- trine ...
Page 806
... Egypt happened . From this cir cumstance we are naturally induced to con- clude , that the dearth fpoken of in Scrip ... Egyptian territories alone . Thus wonderfully do the ancient archives of a great and enlightened nation , fecluded ...
... Egypt happened . From this cir cumstance we are naturally induced to con- clude , that the dearth fpoken of in Scrip ... Egyptian territories alone . Thus wonderfully do the ancient archives of a great and enlightened nation , fecluded ...
Page 809
... Egyptian Her- mes , the Woden of the Scandinavians , and the Mercury of the Greeks and Romans , I hope , fhortly , to produce very clear evi- dence in an exprefs treatise upon the anti- quity of Stonehenge . I had hopes of being able to ...
... Egyptian Her- mes , the Woden of the Scandinavians , and the Mercury of the Greeks and Romans , I hope , fhortly , to produce very clear evi- dence in an exprefs treatise upon the anti- quity of Stonehenge . I had hopes of being able to ...
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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