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 775
... perform their devotions . * It is there also afferted that the Roman miffionaries , arriving in those re- gions , found the people already in poffeffion of that fundamental doctrine of the true religion , which , among others , they ...
... perform their devotions . * It is there also afferted that the Roman miffionaries , arriving in those re- gions , found the people already in poffeffion of that fundamental doctrine of the true religion , which , among others , they ...
Page 792
... perform ablutions , anointing them- felves first with the flower of mays , adding thereto divers ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I ...
... perform ablutions , anointing them- felves first with the flower of mays , adding thereto divers ceremonies , as they do likewife in their bathes . " * That portion , however , of the theological system of the Americans , to which I ...
Page 830
... performed , and confequently of his being the Meffiah . Inftead of that belief , however , to which impartial truth should lead them , they obftinately continue to call the crucified Jefus the wicked Balaam , the prophetic prophetic ...
... performed , and confequently of his being the Meffiah . Inftead of that belief , however , to which impartial truth should lead them , they obftinately continue to call the crucified Jefus the wicked Balaam , the prophetic prophetic ...
Page 846
... performed , in their respective temples . Thus will this curi- ous fubject , fo far as it is yet known , be fully before the reader , and this final chapter of it conclude to his entire fatisfaction , when he is affured that nothing ...
... performed , in their respective temples . Thus will this curi- ous fubject , fo far as it is yet known , be fully before the reader , and this final chapter of it conclude to his entire fatisfaction , when he is affured that nothing ...
Page 848
... performs the ceremony , oc- cafionally ringing the bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a mixture prepared for the pur- pofe . " * Indeed , Hamilton ...
... performs the ceremony , oc- cafionally ringing the bell and blowing the changue , " gives the TILUK , or mark on the forehead , to the idol , by dipping his right thumb in a mixture prepared for the pur- pofe . " * Indeed , Hamilton ...
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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