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 798
... kind of ho mage to thofe fpirits , is to be accounted for in the perfuafion , before noticed as being fo generally prevalent in Afia , that they might be their interceffors with offended Omni- potence , and avert his apprehended ven ...
... kind of ho mage to thofe fpirits , is to be accounted for in the perfuafion , before noticed as being fo generally prevalent in Afia , that they might be their interceffors with offended Omni- potence , and avert his apprehended ven ...
Page 820
... belief entertained both by Pythagoras , Socrates , and Plato , relative to the agency of good and evil DÆMONS , fome attendant on the human race , as a kind of guardian guardian and familiar fpirit , one of which fpecies Socrates [ 820 ]
... belief entertained both by Pythagoras , Socrates , and Plato , relative to the agency of good and evil DÆMONS , fome attendant on the human race , as a kind of guardian guardian and familiar fpirit , one of which fpecies Socrates [ 820 ]
Page 823
... kind of fubordination in this his Trinity , it is fcarcely poffible to mif- take an allusion fo plain to the higher TRIAD for which we contend . The countries through which he travelled and the people with whom he converfed immediately ...
... kind of fubordination in this his Trinity , it is fcarcely poffible to mif- take an allusion fo plain to the higher TRIAD for which we contend . The countries through which he travelled and the people with whom he converfed immediately ...
Page 849
... ; his WISDOM being represented by a circle of heads ; his STRENGTH , by the elephant ; his GLORY , by horns , imitative of the folar ray ; his CREATIVE POWER , by the male of animals 1 animals of a prolific kind , as the bull [ 849 ]
... ; his WISDOM being represented by a circle of heads ; his STRENGTH , by the elephant ; his GLORY , by horns , imitative of the folar ray ; his CREATIVE POWER , by the male of animals 1 animals of a prolific kind , as the bull [ 849 ]
Page 850
... kind , as the bull or goat ; his BENEVOLENCE , by the facred cow , whofe milk nourishes the gentle Hindoo ; while the combination of these animals or parts of animals were intended to designate his united wisdom , power , glory , and ...
... kind , as the bull or goat ; his BENEVOLENCE , by the facred cow , whofe milk nourishes the gentle Hindoo ; while the combination of these animals or parts of animals were intended to designate his united wisdom , power , glory , and ...
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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