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 777
... that the first perfon in it , content with having created all things , rested in tranquillity : they D dd 2 therefore * Remains of Japhet , p . 187 , ubi fequent . therefore drew him with his hands folded across , as [ 777 ]
... that the first perfon in it , content with having created all things , rested in tranquillity : they D dd 2 therefore * Remains of Japhet , p . 187 , ubi fequent . therefore drew him with his hands folded across , as [ 777 ]
Page 779
... first celebrated god Oden , or Woden , was no other than the Taut of Phoenicia , the Hermes of Egypt , the elder Buddha or Boodh of In- dia , the Fo of China , and the Mercury of ' Greece and Rome . In fhort , that the religion of ...
... first celebrated god Oden , or Woden , was no other than the Taut of Phoenicia , the Hermes of Egypt , the elder Buddha or Boodh of In- dia , the Fo of China , and the Mercury of ' Greece and Rome . In fhort , that the religion of ...
Page 787
... first dynasties of Peruvian kings are dignified , ex- actly as those of India are , by the name of the fun and moon , * may also be adduced in evidence that a race , wandering from the neighbourhood of Caucafus , and traversing the vast ...
... first dynasties of Peruvian kings are dignified , ex- actly as those of India are , by the name of the fun and moon , * may also be adduced in evidence that a race , wandering from the neighbourhood of Caucafus , and traversing the vast ...
Page 792
... first with the flower of mays , adding thereto divers ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I wish to direct the more particular at- tention ...
... first with the flower of mays , adding thereto divers ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I wish to direct the more particular at- tention ...
Page 793
... first very much re- fembles the Triplafios Mithras , or threefold power of God in the Sun , adored by the Per- fians ; and the second is parallel to the Jupiter Pater , Jupiter Soter , and Jupiter Ultor , of the Greeks ; or , if the ...
... first very much re- fembles the Triplafios Mithras , or threefold power of God in the Sun , adored by the Per- fians ; and the second is parallel to the Jupiter Pater , Jupiter Soter , and Jupiter Ultor , of the Greeks ; or , if the ...
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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