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
... idol fabricated to resemble , as nearly as poffible , a Trinity in Unity . Dr. Parfons is of opinion , that , as there is no re- cord of their having had the principles of the Christian religion ever propagated among them , they could ...
... idol fabricated to resemble , as nearly as poffible , a Trinity in Unity . Dr. Parfons is of opinion , that , as there is no re- cord of their having had the principles of the Christian religion ever propagated among them , they could ...
Page 791
... idol , did caft the heart to- wards it , besmearing his face with the blood . In this manner were all the victims facrificed , and the bodies afterwards precipitated down the stairs , reeking with their gore . There were ever forty or ...
... idol , did caft the heart to- wards it , besmearing his face with the blood . In this manner were all the victims facrificed , and the bodies afterwards precipitated down the stairs , reeking with their gore . There were ever forty or ...
Page 793
... idol , whom they call TANGATANGA , which fignifies ONE IN THREE and THREE IN ONE . " * Of these three Triads , the first very much re- fembles the Triplafios Mithras , or threefold power of God in the Sun , adored by the Per- fians ...
... idol , whom they call TANGATANGA , which fignifies ONE IN THREE and THREE IN ONE . " * Of these three Triads , the first very much re- fembles the Triplafios Mithras , or threefold power of God in the Sun , adored by the Per- fians ...
Page 797
... idol in the most ancient periods of their empire was to be feen in all their temples , but only an unornamented tablet , upon which was engraved , in large Chinese cha- racters , in gold , the following inscription : THE SANCTUARY OF ...
... idol in the most ancient periods of their empire was to be feen in all their temples , but only an unornamented tablet , upon which was engraved , in large Chinese cha- racters , in gold , the following inscription : THE SANCTUARY OF ...
Page 798
... idols that in after - ages difgraced the temples of China ; for , having in his dying moments . encouraged his difconfolate difciples by pro- phecying SI FAM YEU XIM GIN , in oc- cidente erit SANCTUS , in the Weft the Holy One will ...
... idols that in after - ages difgraced the temples of China ; for , having in his dying moments . encouraged his difconfolate difciples by pro- phecying SI FAM YEU XIM GIN , in oc- cidente erit SANCTUS , in the Weft the Holy One will ...
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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