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, and the Various and 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 ...author and sold, 1793 - India |
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Page 177
... sculptures that adorn them . I con- fider them , not only as ftupendous fubterra- neous temples of the deity , but as occafionally used by the Brahmins for inculcating the profoundest arcana of thofe fciences , for which they were fo ...
... sculptures that adorn them . I con- fider them , not only as ftupendous fubterra- neous temples of the deity , but as occafionally used by the Brahmins for inculcating the profoundest arcana of thofe fciences , for which they were fo ...
Page 177
... sculptures of the animals that compofed the figns of the , zodiac , engraved on the lofty walls , and de- corating the emboffed roof . In this artificial planifphere confpicuoufly was portrayed the conftellation of TAURUS , or the bull ...
... sculptures of the animals that compofed the figns of the , zodiac , engraved on the lofty walls , and de- corating the emboffed roof . In this artificial planifphere confpicuoufly was portrayed the conftellation of TAURUS , or the bull ...
Page 178
... sculpture , yet it ought by no means to be omitted , hat , on the right fide of this monument , stand two youths , with fimilar habits and tiaras , holding each a torch ; the one raised aloft and blazing in full fplendor ; the other ...
... sculpture , yet it ought by no means to be omitted , hat , on the right fide of this monument , stand two youths , with fimilar habits and tiaras , holding each a torch ; the one raised aloft and blazing in full fplendor ; the other ...
Page 196
... - PLE , the creator and governor of the univerfe , who was the proper object of man's adoration , but they confidered the SUN as his image in the vi- fible 2 SCULPTURE on an ancient Mausoleum , at Persepolis a representino [ 196 f.
... - PLE , the creator and governor of the univerfe , who was the proper object of man's adoration , but they confidered the SUN as his image in the vi- fible 2 SCULPTURE on an ancient Mausoleum , at Persepolis a representino [ 196 f.
Page 196
... SCULPTURE on an ancient Mausoleum , at Persepolis a representino a King of PERSIA , Standing in a posture of Adoration before an Altar , bearing the SACRED FIRE . The Sun is pourtrayed shining above the Fire kindled by his own tay and ...
... SCULPTURE on an ancient Mausoleum , at Persepolis a representino a King of PERSIA , Standing in a posture of Adoration before an Altar , bearing the SACRED FIRE . The Sun is pourtrayed shining above the Fire kindled by his own tay and ...
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adored affertion Afia Afiatic Reſearches aftronomy amidſt ancient antiquity aſtoniſhing Ayeen Akbery becauſe Brahma Brahmins caverns celebrated celeftial circumſtances confecrated Dæmon defcended defcribed defcription deity Diodorus Siculus diſtinguiſhed divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Elephanta emblem engraving eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice faid fame fays fciences fculptured fecond feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould fide figures fimilar fince fire firft firſt folar fome foul ftate ftatues ftone ftupendous fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbols Geeta Heetopades Herodotus hieroglyphics himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory Holwell India Indian caverns inveſtigation itſelf lefs legiflator MITHRA moft moſt muſt myftic myſterious obfcure obferved occafion Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian philofophers poffibly Porphyry practifed preſent prieſts purpoſe reader receffes refidence refpect religion remarkable repreſented reſembling rites Sanfcreet Scythians ſhall Sir William Jones ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſed Vedas Veefhnu veneration whofe whoſe worſhip Zoroafter