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 788
... offered up for the prefervation of the monarch . * << The ancient Peruvians used to facrifice young children from foure , or fix , yeares See the former chapter , p . 181. et feq . old old unto tenne ; and the greatest parte of thefe ...
... offered up for the prefervation of the monarch . * << The ancient Peruvians used to facrifice young children from foure , or fix , yeares See the former chapter , p . 181. et feq . old old unto tenne ; and the greatest parte of thefe ...
Page 792
... offering to the Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal 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 ...
... offering to the Sun the heart of the victim , which exhibit ftill lefs equivocal 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 ...
Page 800
... offered thereon the first victim to the Lord , fignify OBLATION , whence doubtlefs Noah was defignated as the facrificer on the old celestial sphere , under the name of Shin Num , his immediate fucceffor in the govern- . ment of China ...
... offered thereon the first victim to the Lord , fignify OBLATION , whence doubtlefs Noah was defignated as the facrificer on the old celestial sphere , under the name of Shin Num , his immediate fucceffor in the govern- . ment of China ...
Page 844
... offering up thofe unhappy victims to their gloomy goddess in all the pomp of that tre- mendous facrifice . * With diffidence natural to an author of uneftablished character , who feels himfelf ad- vancing upon dangerous and difputable ...
... offering up thofe unhappy victims to their gloomy goddess in all the pomp of that tre- mendous facrifice . * With diffidence natural to an author of uneftablished character , who feels himfelf ad- vancing upon dangerous and difputable ...
Page 864
... offered to the hiftorian , at his very outfet , a difficulty fo irreconcileable to the chronology of the Bible , that some intelligent writers have extended the Scripture - term ARA- RAT , upon the fummit of which mountain the ark of ...
... offered to the hiftorian , at his very outfet , a difficulty fo irreconcileable to the chronology of the Bible , that some intelligent writers have extended the Scripture - term ARA- RAT , upon the fummit of which mountain the ark of ...
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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