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 778
... mark the real fentiments and intent of those who caufed it to be thus en- graved . Dr. Parfons describes this triple image as feated upon a low fopha , with an arched urn , or fomething resembling it , underneath . It is rather ...
... mark the real fentiments and intent of those who caufed it to be thus en- graved . Dr. Parfons describes this triple image as feated upon a low fopha , with an arched urn , or fomething resembling it , underneath . It is rather ...
Page 792
... marks of the fimilarity pre- vailing in the theology of the two continents : nor can I , for the fame reafon , prevail upon myself to omit his relation of their very re- markable veneration for fountains and rivers , and their frequent ...
... marks of the fimilarity pre- vailing in the theology of the two continents : nor can I , for the fame reafon , prevail upon myself to omit his relation of their very re- markable veneration for fountains and rivers , and their frequent ...
Page 823
... mark a 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 ...
... mark a 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 ...
Page 835
... mark the corruption of their minds , and their carnal notions of those future pleasures which Chrif- tians believe to be purely fpiritual . * Can we wonder , after this , at any mutilation or de- pravation of paffages in Scripture by a ...
... mark the corruption of their minds , and their carnal notions of those future pleasures which Chrif- tians believe to be purely fpiritual . * Can we wonder , after this , at any mutilation or de- pravation of paffages in Scripture by a ...
Page 846
... ceremony takes place , which can only be performed by the hand of a brahmin , and that is , the impreffing of their foreheads with THE TILUK , or mark of different different colours , as they may belong either to the [ 846 ] ] .
... ceremony takes place , which can only be performed by the hand of a brahmin , and that is , the impreffing of their foreheads with THE TILUK , or mark of different different colours , as they may belong either to the [ 846 ] ] .
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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