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
... holy object around their necks , or confpicuously elevated in the chapels where they perform their devotions . * It is there also afferted that the Roman miffionaries , arriving in those re- gions , found the people already in ...
... holy object around their necks , or confpicuously elevated in the chapels where they perform their devotions . * It is there also afferted that the Roman miffionaries , arriving in those re- gions , found the people already in ...
Page 778
... holy purpose of God from THEM : love HIM . " The mode of expreffion and the alternate ufe of the fingular and the plural noun decifively mark the real fentiments and intent of those who caufed it to be thus en- graved . Dr. Parfons ...
... holy purpose of God from THEM : love HIM . " The mode of expreffion and the alternate ufe of the fingular and the plural noun decifively mark the real fentiments and intent of those who caufed it to be thus en- graved . Dr. Parfons ...
Page 794
... holy patriarchs , to whom the eternal Father was pleased to reveal the awful fecrets of that nature , which , without fuch revelation , it is utterly impoffible for finite beings to fathom ; the ftupendous myf- tery of a Trinity of ...
... holy patriarchs , to whom the eternal Father was pleased to reveal the awful fecrets of that nature , which , without fuch revelation , it is utterly impoffible for finite beings to fathom ; the ftupendous myf- tery of a Trinity of ...
Page 798
... Holy One will appear ; they concluded that he meant the god Bhood of India , and imme- diately introduced into China the worship of that deity with all the train of abomina- ble images and idolatrous rites , by which that grofs ...
... Holy One will appear ; they concluded that he meant the god Bhood of India , and imme- diately introduced into China the worship of that deity with all the train of abomina- ble images and idolatrous rites , by which that grofs ...
Page 799
... holy and illuftrious perfonage , about to appear in the Weft , Confucius , who feems to have in- herited at once the fublime virtues and the prophetic fpirit , of the old patriarchs , alluded , fhall presently be unfolded . * Were it ...
... holy and illuftrious perfonage , about to appear in the Weft , Confucius , who feems to have in- herited at once the fublime virtues and the prophetic fpirit , of the old patriarchs , alluded , fhall presently be unfolded . * Were it ...
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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