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 801
... person , and that both meant the Menu of India , can scarcely admit of a doubt , espe- cially when Mr. Bryant's judicious obferva- tion , that , in Hoang , or Hoam - ti , the son See Mr. Bryant's Analyfis , vol . iii . p . 583 . of As ...
... person , and that both meant the Menu of India , can scarcely admit of a doubt , espe- cially when Mr. Bryant's judicious obferva- tion , that , in Hoang , or Hoam - ti , the son See Mr. Bryant's Analyfis , vol . iii . p . 583 . of As ...
Page 802
... persons who went into the ark with Noah , forming , with himself , the famous oG- DOAS of antiquity . From an author compelled in a great de- gree , on account of the repeated attacks made by sceptics upon the Mosaic history through the ...
... persons who went into the ark with Noah , forming , with himself , the famous oG- DOAS of antiquity . From an author compelled in a great de- gree , on account of the repeated attacks made by sceptics upon the Mosaic history through the ...
Page 1004
... person of the high prefiding brah- min , the supreme Creator of all things , and to decorate that facred perfonage ( the symbo- lical representation of Deity ) after the manner of the Perfian Mithra , with a loosely - floating tunic of ...
... person of the high prefiding brah- min , the supreme Creator of all things , and to decorate that facred perfonage ( the symbo- lical representation of Deity ) after the manner of the Perfian Mithra , with a loosely - floating tunic of ...
Page 1023
... regions , and multitudes flocked from all quarters to admire and adore . All that faw her exclaimed , with rapture , that Venus in person was come down from heaven tq • vifit mankind , and the rites of Cnidos , [ 1023 ]
... regions , and multitudes flocked from all quarters to admire and adore . All that faw her exclaimed , with rapture , that Venus in person was come down from heaven tq • vifit mankind , and the rites of Cnidos , [ 1023 ]
Page 1034
... person , and with the latter fever his head from his body . By this refolute act alone could fhe avoid ne mifera- ble end to which fhe was , otherwife , inevita- bly devoted . The terrified Pfyche promised compliance , and the ...
... person , and with the latter fever his head from his body . By this refolute act alone could fhe avoid ne mifera- ble end to which fhe was , otherwife , inevita- bly devoted . The terrified Pfyche promised compliance , and the ...
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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