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 773
... human pride and the dogmas of falfe philo sophy . To try the merits of this great cause in the court of human reafon , is evidently to bring it it before a tribunal , incompetent to decide up- on [ 773 ]
... human pride and the dogmas of falfe philo sophy . To try the merits of this great cause in the court of human reafon , is evidently to bring it it before a tribunal , incompetent to decide up- on [ 773 ]
Page 777
... human figure as to the body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged upon a low fopha , or stool , in the manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem ...
... human figure as to the body and lower extre- mities , but is diftinguished above by three heads . The figure fits cross - legged upon a low fopha , or stool , in the manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem ...
Page 797
... human comprehenfion , it was impoffible by any external image properly to represent him to the fenfes of men . Therefore he obferves , nullum in iis templis antiquitus idölum vifebatur , fed fimplex tabella , in qua finenfi linguâ ...
... human comprehenfion , it was impoffible by any external image properly to represent him to the fenfes of men . Therefore he obferves , nullum in iis templis antiquitus idölum vifebatur , fed fimplex tabella , in qua finenfi linguâ ...
Page 801
... human race 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 ...
... human race 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 ...
Page 804
... human oblation of royal defcent and of diftin- guished piety , I fhall produce from their most authentic hiftorians an inftance of a moft amiable and virtuous monarch , CHING- TANG , the founder of the second impe- rial dynasty of China ...
... human oblation of royal defcent and of diftin- guished piety , I fhall produce from their most authentic hiftorians an inftance of a moft amiable and virtuous monarch , CHING- TANG , the founder of the second impe- rial dynasty of China ...
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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