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 837
... Hindoo Probation ; he takes an extenfive View of the Myfteries of Mithras ; he defcribes the excru- tiating Severities enjoined during initiating into thofe Myfteries ; and he concludes with an Account of the fill more horrible PENANCES ...
... Hindoo Probation ; he takes an extenfive View of the Myfteries of Mithras ; he defcribes the excru- tiating Severities enjoined during initiating into thofe Myfteries ; and he concludes with an Account of the fill more horrible PENANCES ...
Page 843
... Hindoo fhuddering at the fight of blood , * and , upon that account , though skilled in all other branches of the medical science , totally ignorant of anatomical diffection ; and we have , in another , from the equally incontro ...
... Hindoo fhuddering at the fight of blood , * and , upon that account , though skilled in all other branches of the medical science , totally ignorant of anatomical diffection ; and we have , in another , from the equally incontro ...
Page 845
... Hindoo history , when I knew an oppor- tunity would offer for a complete develope- ment of the plan , which I own , to myself , has ever appeared both plaufible and defen- fible . My reasons for adopting it will be given at large in ...
... Hindoo history , when I knew an oppor- tunity would offer for a complete develope- ment of the plan , which I own , to myself , has ever appeared both plaufible and defen- fible . My reasons for adopting it will be given at large in ...
Page 849
... Hindoo , and fee him his pay obeifance to the Deity through the fymbols that reprefent him . Involved in darkness , scarcely less than the fubterraneous caverns before - described , from having only one low door for the entrance , and ...
... Hindoo , and fee him his pay obeifance to the Deity through the fymbols that reprefent him . Involved in darkness , scarcely less than the fubterraneous caverns before - described , from having only one low door for the entrance , and ...
Page 850
... Hindoo ; while the combination of these animals or parts of animals were intended to designate his united wisdom , power , glory , and bene- volence . Degrading , I obferved , to the di- vine nature as these representations appear to be ...
... Hindoo ; while the combination of these animals or parts of animals were intended to designate his united wisdom , power , glory , and bene- volence . Degrading , I obferved , to the di- vine nature as these representations appear to be ...
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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