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 777
... manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem- bling it , is under the fopha , but seems empty . It is thought that this figure is thus made , with one body , three heads , and fix arms , from an idea prevailing ...
... manner of Eaftern fovereigns : an arched urn , or fomething refem- bling it , is under the fopha , but seems empty . It is thought that this figure is thus made , with one body , three heads , and fix arms , from an idea prevailing ...
Page 789
... manner of the facrifice was to drowne them and bury them with certaine reprefentations and cere- monies ; and fometimes they cut off their heads , anointing themfelves with the blood . They did likewife facrifice virgins ; and , if a ...
... manner of the facrifice was to drowne them and bury them with certaine reprefentations and cere- monies ; and fometimes they cut off their heads , anointing themfelves with the blood . They did likewife facrifice virgins ; and , if a ...
Page 791
... manner caft him on his back upon the pointed ftone , while the fifth fastened round his neck the ferpentine collar of wood . The high priest then opened his ftomach with a knife with wonderful dexterity and nimble- nefs , tearing out ...
... manner caft him on his back upon the pointed ftone , while the fifth fastened round his neck the ferpentine collar of wood . The high priest then opened his ftomach with a knife with wonderful dexterity and nimble- nefs , tearing out ...
Page 792
... , where this reverend father , in pious indignation , acquaints us , that " the devil , after his manner , hath brought a Tri- * Acosta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 379 . nity nity into their idolatry ; for , the three images [ 792 ]
... , where this reverend father , in pious indignation , acquaints us , that " the devil , after his manner , hath brought a Tri- * Acosta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 379 . nity nity into their idolatry ; for , the three images [ 792 ]
Page 793
... manner they named the THREE IMAGES of CHUQUILLA , which is the god that rules in the region of the air . " But , according to this writer , they go a step far- ther than the acknowledgement of a mere Triad of Deity , and worship a ...
... manner they named the THREE IMAGES of CHUQUILLA , which is the god that rules in the region of the air . " But , according to this writer , they go a step far- ther than the acknowledgement of a mere Triad of Deity , and worship a ...
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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