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
... 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 elevated in the chapels where they perform their ...
... 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 elevated in the chapels where they perform their ...
Page 786
... given as the folution of several learned rabbies , one of whom pretends , that the plural implies the thrones of God and David : the last and concluding reply is to the fol- lowing purpose : That it is blafphemy to set the creature on ...
... given as the folution of several learned rabbies , one of whom pretends , that the plural implies the thrones of God and David : the last and concluding reply is to the fol- lowing purpose : That it is blafphemy to set the creature on ...
Page 792
... given unabridged , because in it are enumera- ted certain particulars , as the wooden ferpent , the pyramidal stone , and the offering to the Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal marks of the fimilarity pre ...
... given unabridged , because in it are enumera- ted certain particulars , as the wooden ferpent , the pyramidal stone , and the offering to the Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal marks of the fimilarity pre ...
Page 808
... given by Couplet and Le Compte , there is the greatest reason to fuppofe that his original doctrines have been groffly corrupted and mifrepresented by his difciples . They are called immortals , say these writers , from a certain liquor ...
... given by Couplet and Le Compte , there is the greatest reason to fuppofe that his original doctrines have been groffly corrupted and mifrepresented by his difciples . They are called immortals , say these writers , from a certain liquor ...
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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