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 842
... dancing girls that furround her altar , and will accept none but the simplest oblations ; fruits , flowers , and honey . This difference of religious feature is of a nature confonant with the divifion of the HINDOOs , noticed before ...
... dancing girls that furround her altar , and will accept none but the simplest oblations ; fruits , flowers , and honey . This difference of religious feature is of a nature confonant with the divifion of the HINDOOs , noticed before ...
Page 856
... dance , and the refound- ing cymbal : libations of milk and honey flow upon his altars ; the gayeft garlands de- corate his ftatues ; aromatic woods eternally burn before him ; and the richest gums of the East disperse fragrance through ...
... dance , and the refound- ing cymbal : libations of milk and honey flow upon his altars ; the gayeft garlands de- corate his ftatues ; aromatic woods eternally burn before him ; and the richest gums of the East disperse fragrance through ...
Page 857
... dancing fy- rens of the pagoda . It was a religion of gloom and melancholy , that loved to act its unfocial rites in the folemn recefles of the deep forest , under the covert of the night , and by the pale light of Chandra , the ...
... dancing fy- rens of the pagoda . It was a religion of gloom and melancholy , that loved to act its unfocial rites in the folemn recefles of the deep forest , under the covert of the night , and by the pale light of Chandra , the ...
Page 900
... 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 exquifite melody of their voices . [ 900 ]
... 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 exquifite melody of their voices . [ 900 ]
Page 902
... dance before the king ; and that the Arabian princeffes wear golden rings on their fingers , to which little bells are fufpended , as well as in the flowing treffes of their hair , that their fuperior rank may be known , and they ...
... dance before the king ; and that the Arabian princeffes wear golden rings on their fingers , to which little bells are fufpended , as well as in the flowing treffes of their hair , that their fuperior rank may be known , and they ...
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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