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 814
... thrown in the way of his obtaining it . He had heard of the Chaldæan and Perfian Magi and the renowned Brachmanes of India , and he was impatient to explore the hallowed caves of the former and the confecrated forefts of the lat- ter ...
... thrown in the way of his obtaining it . He had heard of the Chaldæan and Perfian Magi and the renowned Brachmanes of India , and he was impatient to explore the hallowed caves of the former and the confecrated forefts of the lat- ter ...
Page 858
... thrown by them into the fubjacent plains , and the fteep abrupt denuded rocks that have braved the fury of every ftorm fince the deluge ; all together form a contrast , at which human nature may well fhudder , and by which hu- man ...
... thrown by them into the fubjacent plains , and the fteep abrupt denuded rocks that have braved the fury of every ftorm fince the deluge ; all together form a contrast , at which human nature may well fhudder , and by which hu- man ...
Page 870
... throwing away my pen , and giving up at least the ancient history of India , as involved in inextricable difficulties . The facred records were filent about their origin ; fuch accounts of them as were to be found in the best writers of ...
... throwing away my pen , and giving up at least the ancient history of India , as involved in inextricable difficulties . The facred records were filent about their origin ; fuch accounts of them as were to be found in the best writers of ...
Page 871
... throw oblique reflections on the credit of the Mo- faic system of theology , that fublime system , which both inclination and profession made me anxious to fupport , unless I should be fully able to obviate those reflections , no- thing ...
... throw oblique reflections on the credit of the Mo- faic system of theology , that fublime system , which both inclination and profession made me anxious to fupport , unless I should be fully able to obviate those reflections , no- thing ...
Page 873
... thrown ( as the Orientals report ) by ftorms , earthquakes , and whirlwinds , commiffioned from the Almighty to level the fabric of man's exorbitant ambition , and when that fierce and presumptuous race , who had en- gaged in the mad ...
... thrown ( as the Orientals report ) by ftorms , earthquakes , and whirlwinds , commiffioned from the Almighty to level the fabric of man's exorbitant ambition , and when that fierce and presumptuous race , who had en- gaged in the mad ...
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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