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 777
... body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged upon a low fopha , or stool , in the manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem- bling it , is under the ...
... body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged upon a low fopha , or stool , in the manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem- bling it , is under the ...
Page 791
... bodies afterwards precipitated down the stairs , reeking with their gore . There were ever forty or fifty victims , at the least , thus facrificed . " The above paffage I have given Eee given unabridged , because in it are enumera- ted ...
... bodies afterwards precipitated down the stairs , reeking with their gore . There were ever forty or fifty victims , at the least , thus facrificed . " The above paffage I have given Eee given unabridged , because in it are enumera- ted ...
Page 806
... by a learned friend in Afia , that I am able to defcribe the vast body of the Chinese nation , thofe few ex- cepted who practise the pure and refined pre- cepts 1 Non nte dans nte Col.Cap Alma Imago Sa Colligite [ 806 ]
... by a learned friend in Afia , that I am able to defcribe the vast body of the Chinese nation , thofe few ex- cepted who practise the pure and refined pre- cepts 1 Non nte dans nte Col.Cap Alma Imago Sa Colligite [ 806 ]
Page 815
... bodies , as well as their fituations in the heavens , and the vaft periods they took to complete their revolutions . Babylon must have been , at that particular period , the proudest and most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is ...
... bodies , as well as their fituations in the heavens , and the vaft periods they took to complete their revolutions . Babylon must have been , at that particular period , the proudest and most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is ...
Page 839
... bodies , trailed over burning fands , the ground lying between one pagoda and another , diftant perhaps many leagues , or braving , with fixed eyes , the ardor of a meridian fun between the tropics ; and all this in the transporting ...
... bodies , trailed over burning fands , the ground lying between one pagoda and another , diftant perhaps many leagues , or braving , with fixed eyes , the ardor of a meridian fun between the tropics ; and all this in the transporting ...
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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