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 779
... periods , the religion , and with it probably the laws and sciences , of Hindoftan were diffused , While in these remote northern regions it would be improper to pafs unnoticed by the ancient race and religious rites of Scandinavia , I ...
... periods , the religion , and with it probably the laws and sciences , of Hindoftan were diffused , While in these remote northern regions it would be improper to pafs unnoticed by the ancient race and religious rites of Scandinavia , I ...
Page 786
... 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 ]
... 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 797
... periods of their empire was to be feen in all their temples , but only an unornamented tablet , upon which was engraved , in large Chinese cha- racters , in gold , the following inscription : THE SANCTUARY OF THE SPIRITUAL Guar- DIAN OF ...
... periods of their empire was to be feen in all their temples , but only an unornamented tablet , upon which was engraved , in large Chinese cha- racters , in gold , the following inscription : THE SANCTUARY OF THE SPIRITUAL Guar- DIAN OF ...
Page 801
... period of the creation to the de- luge . In that cafe , however , Fohi and Shin Num must be confidered as diftinct charac- ters , living in very remote ages , which their history does not warrant ; * but that , at all events , Shin Num ...
... period of the creation to the de- luge . In that cafe , however , Fohi and Shin Num must be confidered as diftinct charac- ters , living in very remote ages , which their history does not warrant ; * but that , at all events , Shin Num ...
Page 804
... period of national distress , to be the propitiatory facrifice of offended heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing from continued drought , having for feven years together defolated the kingdom and thinned the inhabitants of it ...
... period of national distress , to be the propitiatory facrifice of offended heaven . An univerfal barrennefs , arifing from continued drought , having for feven years together defolated the kingdom and thinned the inhabitants of it ...
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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