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 794
... himself , or one of his pious pofterity , flourished longest unadulterated . * A fucceflion of virtuous and magnificent monarchs , defcending for near three thousand years in regular fucceffion from the great FонI , whoever he was ...
... himself , or one of his pious pofterity , flourished longest unadulterated . * A fucceflion of virtuous and magnificent monarchs , defcending for near three thousand years in regular fucceffion from the great FонI , whoever he was ...
Page 800
... himself by another . appellative , for these two perfons are denomi- nated the founders of that empire ; did not we recognize the oriental and in particular the Arabian denomination of China , which is Sin , and in Num the Menu of India ...
... himself by another . appellative , for these two perfons are denomi- nated the founders of that empire ; did not we recognize the oriental and in particular the Arabian denomination of China , which is Sin , and in Num the Menu of India ...
Page 801
... himself , instead of the venerable father of the regenerated world . If Mr. Bryant's hypothefis could be admit- ted , the eighteen thousand years , which he obferves are faid to have intervened between the reign of the first and fecond ...
... himself , instead of the venerable father of the regenerated world . If Mr. Bryant's hypothefis could be admit- ted , the eighteen thousand years , which he obferves are faid to have intervened between the reign of the first and fecond ...
Page 802
... himself , the famous oG- DOAS of antiquity . From an author compelled in a great de- gree , on account of the repeated attacks made by sceptics upon the Mosaic history through the fides of Indian and Chinese antiquities , not to pafs ...
... himself , the famous oG- DOAS of antiquity . From an author compelled in a great de- gree , on account of the repeated attacks made by sceptics upon the Mosaic history through the fides of Indian and Chinese antiquities , not to pafs ...
Page 805
... himself to other preparatory cere- monies , esteemed indignities in China , bare- footed , covered over with afhes , and in the pofture of a condemned criminal , approached the altar of facrifice , where with fuppliant hands he ...
... himself to other preparatory cere- monies , esteemed indignities in China , bare- footed , covered over with afhes , and in the pofture of a condemned criminal , approached the altar of facrifice , where with fuppliant hands he ...
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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