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 780
... reader on this curious fubject than by remarking that both Keyfler and Mallet unite in affigning to this god - king Oden an Afiatic origin , and in afferting that the mythology which he introduced was the mythology , not of a cold ...
... reader on this curious fubject than by remarking that both Keyfler and Mallet unite in affigning to this god - king Oden an Afiatic origin , and in afferting that the mythology which he introduced was the mythology , not of a cold ...
Page 783
... his head . The description is curious , and I fhall present it to the reader in the words of that eminent antiquary Northern Antiquities , vol . i . p . 97 . antiquary and worthy prelate , Dr. Percy , who tranflated [ 783 ]
... his head . The description is curious , and I fhall present it to the reader in the words of that eminent antiquary Northern Antiquities , vol . i . p . 97 . antiquary and worthy prelate , Dr. Percy , who tranflated [ 783 ]
Page 785
... excurfive inquiries into the Pagan triads , to have altogether loft fight of that nobler doctrine , I fhall , upon this fubject of celeftial thrones , fubmit to the reader a very curious paffage , relative to the belief of [ 785 ]
... excurfive inquiries into the Pagan triads , to have altogether loft fight of that nobler doctrine , I fhall , upon this fubject of celeftial thrones , fubmit to the reader a very curious paffage , relative to the belief of [ 785 ]
Page 790
... reader's recollection the high quadrangular altar of the Scythian favages , and the ceremony itself is thus defcri- bed : " The fovereign priest carried a great knife in his hand of a large and sharpe flint : another priest carried a ...
... reader's recollection the high quadrangular altar of the Scythian favages , and the ceremony itself is thus defcri- bed : " The fovereign priest carried a great knife in his hand of a large and sharpe flint : another priest carried a ...
Page 792
... reader , is contained in the fol- lowing paffage , where this reverend father , in pious indignation , acquaints us , that " the devil , after his manner , hath brought a Tri- * Acosta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 379 . nity nity into ...
... reader , is contained in the fol- lowing paffage , where this reverend father , in pious indignation , acquaints us , that " the devil , after his manner , hath brought a Tri- * Acosta's Hift . of the Indies , p . 379 . nity nity into ...
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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