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 774
... fact , already in part established , will be ftill more fully evinced , as we conti- nue the progrefs of our investigation through that extenfive quarter of the globe , From From India , if we direct our eyes north- ward [ 774 ]
... fact , already in part established , will be ftill more fully evinced , as we conti- nue the progrefs of our investigation through that extenfive quarter of the globe , From From India , if we direct our eyes north- ward [ 774 ]
Page 775
... India , if we direct our eyes north- ward to the great empires of Tangut and Thibet , and over the vast Tartarian deferts to Siberia itself , we shall find the fame fentiments predominate . In the former country , if the authors quoted ...
... India , if we direct our eyes north- ward to the great empires of Tangut and Thibet , and over the vast Tartarian deferts to Siberia itself , we shall find the fame fentiments predominate . In the former country , if the authors quoted ...
Page 780
... Indian god and planet Boodh , under the name of Woden and Mercury , conferring his name , over all the northern and western em- pires of Europe , upon one particular day of the week . This remarkable fact is evidenced in the inftance of ...
... Indian god and planet Boodh , under the name of Woden and Mercury , conferring his name , over all the northern and western em- pires of Europe , upon one particular day of the week . This remarkable fact is evidenced in the inftance of ...
Page 787
... India are , by the name of the fun and moon , * may also be adduced in evidence that a race , wandering from the neighbourhood of Caucafus , and traversing the vast deserts of Afia , towards the north- eastern extremity , paffed over ...
... India are , by the name of the fun and moon , * may also be adduced in evidence that a race , wandering from the neighbourhood of Caucafus , and traversing the vast deserts of Afia , towards the north- eastern extremity , paffed over ...
Page 788
... Indians , defcribed from Herodotus and Mr. Wilkins in many former pages . That fimi- litude is more particularly visible in these two points , the firft is , that the victims thus fa- crificed are prifoners taken in war ; the second is ...
... Indians , defcribed from Herodotus and Mr. Wilkins in many former pages . That fimi- litude is more particularly visible in these two points , the firft is , that the victims thus fa- crificed are prifoners taken in war ; the second is ...
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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