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 788
... four na- tions of New Spain ; and , in Maffachufeta , a people of New England , the ancient MAS- SAGETÆ , are discovered ; these are points on which , from the uncertainty of general etymo- logy , it would be rafh to form any abfolute ...
... four na- tions of New Spain ; and , in Maffachufeta , a people of New England , the ancient MAS- SAGETÆ , are discovered ; these are points on which , from the uncertainty of general etymo- logy , it would be rafh to form any abfolute ...
Page 790
... four priefts , who aflifted , arranged themselves in order , adjoining to the pyramidal ftone , whereof I have spoken ; being directly against the doore of the chapell of their idoll . This ftone Acofta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 382 ...
... four priefts , who aflifted , arranged themselves in order , adjoining to the pyramidal ftone , whereof I have spoken ; being directly against the doore of the chapell of their idoll . This ftone Acofta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 382 ...
Page 837
... four Degrees of Hindoo Probation ; he takes an extenfive View of the Myfteries of Mithras ; he defcribes the excru- tiating Severities enjoined during initiating into thofe Myfteries ; and he concludes with an Account of the fill more ...
... four Degrees of Hindoo Probation ; he takes an extenfive View of the Myfteries of Mithras ; he defcribes the excru- tiating Severities enjoined during initiating into thofe Myfteries ; and he concludes with an Account of the fill more ...
Page 851
... four heads and four arms . The four heads , as often before explained , are fymbols of the four elements and four quarters of the world . Some authors affert , they are allufive to the four VEDAS ; but that . that is impoffible , fince ...
... four heads and four arms . The four heads , as often before explained , are fymbols of the four elements and four quarters of the world . Some authors affert , they are allufive to the four VEDAS ; but that . that is impoffible , fince ...
Page 852
... four hands Brahma holds a CIR- CLE , the mystic emblem of eternity ; in ano- ther , FIRE , the juft emblem of power per- vading to the centre of that world which he made . With the two others he writes on OLLES , or Indian palm - leaves ...
... four hands Brahma holds a CIR- CLE , the mystic emblem of eternity ; in ano- ther , FIRE , the juft emblem of power per- vading to the centre of that world which he made . With the two others he writes on OLLES , or Indian palm - leaves ...
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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