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 779
... earth , previous to the happy diffufion of the Christian doc- trine , exhibited little elfe befides the shattered fragments of one grand system of primitive , I do not fay the earliest , theology , once prevalent in the Greater Afia ...
... earth , previous to the happy diffufion of the Christian doc- trine , exhibited little elfe befides the shattered fragments of one grand system of primitive , I do not fay the earliest , theology , once prevalent in the Greater Afia ...
Page 794
... earth , the true religion imported , as fome think , by Noah himself , or one of his pious pofterity , flourished longest unadulterated . * A fucceflion of virtuous and magnificent monarchs , defcending for near three thousand years in ...
... earth , the true religion imported , as fome think , by Noah himself , or one of his pious pofterity , flourished longest unadulterated . * A fucceflion of virtuous and magnificent monarchs , defcending for near three thousand years in ...
Page 799
... earth ; were it not alfo recor- ded in the fame hiftories that Fohi carefully trained up seven forts of creatures , which he annually facrificed to the Supreme Spirit of Heaven and Earth , a circumftance fo exactly confonant to the ...
... earth ; were it not alfo recor- ded in the fame hiftories that Fohi carefully trained up seven forts of creatures , which he annually facrificed to the Supreme Spirit of Heaven and Earth , a circumftance fo exactly confonant to the ...
Page 803
... earth after a certain revolution of ages , was cherished from time immemorial in China . Since Confucius ftrictly adhered to , and vigorously enforced in his writings , the pure doctrine of his country , which equally forbade all images ...
... earth after a certain revolution of ages , was cherished from time immemorial in China . Since Confucius ftrictly adhered to , and vigorously enforced in his writings , the pure doctrine of his country , which equally forbade all images ...
Page 805
... earth fhortly refumed its wonted ferti- lity , and unbounded plenty reigned over the whole empire . * In the annals of China this folemn fact is recorded to have hap- pened in the eighteenth century before Chrift , and it is very ...
... earth fhortly refumed its wonted ferti- lity , and unbounded plenty reigned over the whole empire . * In the annals of China this folemn fact is recorded to have hap- pened in the eighteenth century before Chrift , and it is very ...
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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