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 790
... use thefe folemne facrifices , but of captives , in this they followed the custom of the ancients . " Acofta might here have added , in particular that of the Scythians , and the Druids , their direct defcendants ; as I have little ...
... use thefe folemne facrifices , but of captives , in this they followed the custom of the ancients . " Acofta might here have added , in particular that of the Scythians , and the Druids , their direct defcendants ; as I have little ...
Page 823
... uses terms , with respect to the other two hypoftafes , which mark a kind of fubordination in this his Trinity , it is fcarcely poffible to mif- take an allusion fo plain to the higher TRIAD for which we contend . The countries through ...
... uses terms , with respect to the other two hypoftafes , which mark a kind of fubordination in this his Trinity , it is fcarcely poffible to mif- take an allusion fo plain to the higher TRIAD for which we contend . The countries through ...
Page 824
... use of an ancient and appropriate term , by which the Meffiah was known to the Hebrew race , whereas Plato made use of it , because the expreffion frequently oc- curred in the exotic theology , which he had borrowed , without knowing ...
... use of an ancient and appropriate term , by which the Meffiah was known to the Hebrew race , whereas Plato made use of it , because the expreffion frequently oc- curred in the exotic theology , which he had borrowed , without knowing ...
Page 846
... use of , and the different oblations 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 ...
... use of , and the different oblations 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 ...
Page 855
... use the word , but there is no other that can convey my mean- ing , and it is used by Sir William Jones , and many other writers , who retain for the Chrif- tian doctrines the profoundest veneration represent the Deity , defcending in a ...
... use the word , but there is no other that can convey my mean- ing , and it is used by Sir William Jones , and many other writers , who retain for the Chrif- tian doctrines the profoundest veneration represent the Deity , defcending in a ...
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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