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 797
... continued unadulterated till after the death of Confucius , which took place 500 years previous to the Chriftian era , and is a remarkable and almost solitary Eee 4 instance inftance of the pure primeval worship flou rifhing among a [ 797 ]
... continued unadulterated till after the death of Confucius , which took place 500 years previous to the Chriftian era , and is a remarkable and almost solitary Eee 4 instance inftance of the pure primeval worship flou rifhing among a [ 797 ]
Page 817
... death of that martyr to the cause of truth , he travelled first into Italy , and then into Egypt , as well to mitigate the anguish he felt at the loss of fo excellent and wife a man , as to increase the treasures of knowledge with which ...
... death of that martyr to the cause of truth , he travelled first into Italy , and then into Egypt , as well to mitigate the anguish he felt at the loss of fo excellent and wife a man , as to increase the treasures of knowledge with which ...
Page 839
... death ; measuring with their naked 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 ...
... death ; measuring with their naked 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 ...
Page 841
... and languishing in various attitudes of penance . Her tone is high and menacing , her footsteps are marked with blood , and her edicts are stamped with Hhh 2 the the characters of death . At another time , the [ 841 ]
... and languishing in various attitudes of penance . Her tone is high and menacing , her footsteps are marked with blood , and her edicts are stamped with Hhh 2 the the characters of death . At another time , the [ 841 ]
Page 842
... death . At another time , the wears the fimilitude of a beautiful and ra- diant CHERUB from HEAVEN , bearing on her perfuafive lips the accents of pardon and peace , and on her filken wings benefaction and bleffing . Now , referved and ...
... death . At another time , the wears the fimilitude of a beautiful and ra- diant CHERUB from HEAVEN , bearing on her perfuafive lips the accents of pardon and peace , and on her filken wings benefaction and bleffing . Now , referved and ...
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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