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 774
... , already in part established , will be ftill more fully evinced , as we conti- nue the progrefs of our investigation through that extenfive quarter of the globe , From From India , if we direct our eyes north- ward [ 774 ]
... , already in part established , will be ftill more fully evinced , as we conti- nue the progrefs of our investigation through that extenfive quarter of the globe , From From India , if we direct our eyes north- ward [ 774 ]
Page 775
... eyes north- ward to the great empires of Tangut and Thibet , and over the vast Tartarian deferts to Siberia itself , we shall find the fame fentiments predominate . In the former country , if the authors quoted in Parfons's Remains of ...
... eyes north- ward to the great empires of Tangut and Thibet , and over the vast Tartarian deferts to Siberia itself , we shall find the fame fentiments predominate . In the former country , if the authors quoted in Parfons's Remains of ...
Page 833
... eyes , burning like fire , fhall come from the ex- tremities of the earth ; and a powerful and def- potic monarch finally prevailing fhall govern the universe with a rod of iron . " * His throne shall be established in Rome , ( a proof ...
... eyes , burning like fire , fhall come from the ex- tremities of the earth ; and a powerful and def- potic monarch finally prevailing fhall govern the universe with a rod of iron . " * His throne shall be established in Rome , ( a proof ...
Page 839
... eyes , the ardor of a meridian fun between the tropics ; and all this in the transporting hope of immediately transmigra- ting into paradife . Where do we fee an other- wife - polished nation staining their faces accor- ding to their ...
... eyes , the ardor of a meridian fun between the tropics ; and all this in the transporting hope of immediately transmigra- ting into paradife . Where do we fee an other- wife - polished nation staining their faces accor- ding to their ...
Page 848
... near the top to represent eyes , adds , that his nose and mouth were painted with vermilion ; a proof that the Jaggernaut pagoda was erected to Veeshnu . * Sketches , vol . i . p . 231 . Veefhnu . I have no doubt that , originally , [ 848 ]
... near the top to represent eyes , adds , that his nose and mouth were painted with vermilion ; a proof that the Jaggernaut pagoda was erected to Veeshnu . * Sketches , vol . i . p . 231 . Veefhnu . I have no doubt that , originally , [ 848 ]
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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