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 785
... heaven , in which were erected three thrones for as many fovereign gods : I fay the perverfion of fome ancient tradition , fince it is for a triad of deity , the manifest veftige of that nobler doctrine , a Trinity in Unity , that I ...
... heaven , in which were erected three thrones for as many fovereign gods : I fay the perverfion of fome ancient tradition , fince it is for a triad of deity , the manifest veftige of that nobler doctrine , a Trinity in Unity , that I ...
Page 799
... Heaven and Earth , a circumftance fo exactly confonant to the account of Scripture , that Noah took into the ark of every clean beaft by Sevens , and of fowls in the air by sevens ; were Vide Couplet . Scient . Sinic . p . 78. and ...
... Heaven and Earth , a circumftance fo exactly confonant to the account of Scripture , that Noah took into the ark of every clean beaft by Sevens , and of fowls in the air by sevens ; were Vide Couplet . Scient . Sinic . p . 78. and ...
Page 804
... heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing from continued drought , having for feven years together defolated the kingdom and thinned the inhabitants of it , Ching- tang was told by the priests , who inter- preted the will of heaven ...
... heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing from continued drought , having for feven years together defolated the kingdom and thinned the inhabitants of it , Ching- tang was told by the priests , who inter- preted the will of heaven ...
Page 805
... heaven to launch the thunder - bolt of its wrath , and accept the life of the monarch as an atonement for the fins of the people . The Chinese hif- tories add that after he had finished his prayer , and for fome time devoutly waited the ...
... heaven to launch the thunder - bolt of its wrath , and accept the life of the monarch as an atonement for the fins of the people . The Chinese hif- tories add that after he had finished his prayer , and for fome time devoutly waited the ...
Page 815
... heavens , and the vaft periods they took to complete their revolutions . Babylon must have been , at that particular period , the proudest and most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is evident , from Dr. Hyde , that both the ...
... heavens , and the vaft periods they took to complete their revolutions . Babylon must have been , at that particular period , the proudest and most honoured capi- tal upon earth , fince it is evident , from Dr. Hyde , that both 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