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 775
... figure of the TRI - UNE DEITY ftamped upon them , are given to the people by the Dalai - Lama , who unites in his own perfon the hierarchal and regal character , to be fufpended as a holy object around their necks , or confpicuously ...
... figure of the TRI - UNE DEITY ftamped upon them , are given to the people by the Dalai - Lama , who unites in his own perfon the hierarchal and regal character , to be fufpended as a holy object around their necks , or confpicuously ...
Page 776
... Petersburg , on one fide of which is engraved the figure of a tri - une deity , and , on the other fide , cer- tain Thibetian characters , illuftrative of that figure , figure , was found in an old ruined cha- pel [ 776 ]
... Petersburg , on one fide of which is engraved the figure of a tri - une deity , and , on the other fide , cer- tain Thibetian characters , illuftrative of that figure , figure , was found in an old ruined cha- pel [ 776 ]
Page 777
... figure , was found in an old ruined cha- pel , together , with many ancient manu- fcripts , near the river ... figure as to the body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged ...
... figure , was found in an old ruined cha- pel , together , with many ancient manu- fcripts , near the river ... figure as to the body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged ...
Page 778
... figures . Ga- ther the holy purpose of God from THEM : love HIM . " The mode of expreffion and the alternate ufe of the fingular and the plural ... figure itself , it is evi- dently dently the Indian Triad , Brahma , Veeshnu , and [ 778 ]
... figures . Ga- ther the holy purpose of God from THEM : love HIM . " The mode of expreffion and the alternate ufe of the fingular and the plural ... figure itself , it is evi- dently dently the Indian Triad , Brahma , Veeshnu , and [ 778 ]
Page 784
... figures , his lordship adds , bear fo great a resemblance to the Roman Catholic pictures of the Trinity , that we must not wonder if some have imagined them to be an allufion EDDA , tranflated by the editor of Mallet's North . Antiq ...
... figures , his lordship adds , bear fo great a resemblance to the Roman Catholic pictures of the Trinity , that we must not wonder if some have imagined them to be an allufion EDDA , tranflated by the editor of Mallet's North . Antiq ...
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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