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 848
... bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a mixture prepared for the pur- pofe . " * Indeed , Hamilton , giving us an ac- count of the great ftone idol of ...
... bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a mixture prepared for the pur- pofe . " * Indeed , Hamilton , giving us an ac- count of the great ftone idol of ...
Page 900
... bell by the officiating brah- min . We have alfo feen , that the women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells faftened to their feet , the foft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in in unison with the ...
... bell by the officiating brah- min . We have alfo feen , that the women of the idol , or dancing girls of the pagoda , have little golden bells faftened to their feet , the foft harmonious tinkling of which vibrates in in unison with the ...
Page 901
... BELL , in fact , feems to have been a facred utenfil of very ancient ufe in Afia . Golden bells formed a part of the ornaments of the pontifical robe of the Jewish high- priest , with which he invested himself upon those grand and ...
... BELL , in fact , feems to have been a facred utenfil of very ancient ufe in Afia . Golden bells formed a part of the ornaments of the pontifical robe of the Jewish high- priest , with which he invested himself upon those grand and ...
Page 902
... bells . * He tells us that the ancient kings of Perfia , who , in fact , united in their own perfons the regal and facerdotal office , were accustomed to have the ... BELL . ceremonials of the pagoda . It is connected with their [ 902 ]
... bells . * He tells us that the ancient kings of Perfia , who , in fact , united in their own perfons the regal and facerdotal office , were accustomed to have the ... BELL . ceremonials of the pagoda . It is connected with their [ 902 ]
Page 903
... bell , with a thousand concomitant fuperftitions , was im- ported into Europe , and mingled with the rites of a purer religion . Every body knows its im- portance in the Roman Catholic worship ; the ceremony of anathematizing with bell ...
... bell , with a thousand concomitant fuperftitions , was im- ported into Europe , and mingled with the rites of a purer religion . Every body knows its im- portance in the Roman Catholic worship ; the ceremony of anathematizing with bell ...
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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