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 776
... most numerous people of all Siberia , adore in fact only one indivifible God under three different denominations , which , in their vernacular tongue , are AR- TUGON , SCHUCO - TEUGON , TANGARA ; " the firft of which words Colonel Grant ...
... most numerous people of all Siberia , adore in fact only one indivifible God under three different denominations , which , in their vernacular tongue , are AR- TUGON , SCHUCO - TEUGON , TANGARA ; " the firft of which words Colonel Grant ...
Page 781
... most enlivening and charming objects , forms the most romantic images , and indulges its natural propenfities to gaiety by the most mirthful feftivals and the moft fplen- did rites . In respect to the Scandinavian religion I fhall only ...
... most enlivening and charming objects , forms the most romantic images , and indulges its natural propenfities to gaiety by the most mirthful feftivals and the moft fplen- did rites . In respect to the Scandinavian religion I fhall only ...
Page 786
... * That the vaft continent of America was in the most remote periods vifited , and in part colonized , * See Ancient Univerfal History , vol . iii . p . 12. Edit . Oft 1748 . colonized , by the great naval and commercial powers of [ 786 ]
... * That the vaft continent of America was in the most remote periods vifited , and in part colonized , * See Ancient Univerfal History , vol . iii . p . 12. Edit . Oft 1748 . colonized , by the great naval and commercial powers of [ 786 ]
Page 795
... most ancient Afiatic and the Christian theology are the fame , From an elaborate comparison which I have alfo made of the most ancient hiftories of China , as they stand translated and epitomized , in Couplet , Mar- tinius , and Du ...
... most ancient Afiatic and the Christian theology are the fame , From an elaborate comparison which I have alfo made of the most ancient hiftories of China , as they stand translated and epitomized , in Couplet , Mar- tinius , and Du ...
Page 796
... most confident hopes that new light will be reflected as well upon the intricate history of those countries as upon that of Japan . The history of the latter country , by Kæmpfer , has in the courfe of that review been of infinite ...
... most confident hopes that new light will be reflected as well upon the intricate history of those countries as upon that of Japan . The history of the latter country , by Kæmpfer , has in the courfe of that review been of infinite ...
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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