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 776
... ages and fuch numerous viciffitudes as Afia has undergone , has never been obliterated from their minds , although it has been degraded by being blend- ed with the fuperftitions of the neighbouring brahmins and the magi . With refpect ...
... ages and fuch numerous viciffitudes as Afia has undergone , has never been obliterated from their minds , although it has been degraded by being blend- ed with the fuperftitions of the neighbouring brahmins and the magi . With refpect ...
Page 789
... age defcribed above , which was a cruell and inhumane fpectacle . The manner of the facrifice was to drowne them and bury them with certaine reprefentations and cere- monies ; and fometimes they cut off their heads , anointing ...
... age defcribed above , which was a cruell and inhumane fpectacle . The manner of the facrifice was to drowne them and bury them with certaine reprefentations and cere- monies ; and fometimes they cut off their heads , anointing ...
Page 796
... ages , be confidered as the history of the others . I fhall , in this place , prefent to the view of the reader a few of the points in which that af- finity may be clearly traced ; and , in the first place , let us attend to it in ...
... ages , be confidered as the history of the others . I fhall , in this place , prefent to the view of the reader a few of the points in which that af- finity may be clearly traced ; and , in the first place , let us attend to it in ...
Page 798
... ages difgraced the temples of China ; for , having in his dying moments . encouraged his difconfolate difciples by pro- phecying SI FAM YEU XIM GIN , in oc- cidente erit SANCTUS , in the Weft the Holy One will appear ; they concluded ...
... ages difgraced the temples of China ; for , having in his dying moments . encouraged his difconfolate difciples by pro- phecying SI FAM YEU XIM GIN , in oc- cidente erit SANCTUS , in the Weft the Holy One will appear ; they concluded ...
Page 801
... ages , which their history does not warrant ; * but that , at all events , Shin Num and Noah were the fame person , and that both meant the Menu of India , can scarcely admit of a doubt , espe- cially when Mr. Bryant's judicious obferva ...
... ages , which their history does not warrant ; * but that , at all events , Shin Num and Noah were the fame person , and that both meant the Menu of India , can scarcely admit of a doubt , espe- cially when Mr. Bryant's judicious obferva ...
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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