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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... shall hereafter , in many points , tracé a striking resemblance , amidst the gloom of a cavern , compofed his celebrated system of theological institutions , which filled twelve volumes , M 3 volumes , each confifting of a hundred fkins ...
... shall hereafter , in many points , tracé a striking resemblance , amidst the gloom of a cavern , compofed his celebrated system of theological institutions , which filled twelve volumes , M 3 volumes , each confifting of a hundred fkins ...
Page 177
... shall hereafter give an instance of one from the HEETOPADES ; ) but , on that at prefent un- der confideration , fome rays of light have been thrown in a translation by Mr. Halhed from an old Perfian author , who published in that ...
... shall hereafter give an instance of one from the HEETOPADES ; ) but , on that at prefent un- der confideration , fome rays of light have been thrown in a translation by Mr. Halhed from an old Perfian author , who published in that ...
Page 208
... shall principally regulate my researches by the chapter on aftronomy in the Ayeen Akberry , which is a profeffed extract from the famous Surya Sudhant of India , a book com- pofed , Abul Fazil informs us , " fome hun → dred thousand ...
... shall principally regulate my researches by the chapter on aftronomy in the Ayeen Akberry , which is a profeffed extract from the famous Surya Sudhant of India , a book com- pofed , Abul Fazil informs us , " fome hun → dred thousand ...
Page 217
... shall find them , for the most part , to be nothing more than HEROES DEIFIED . Thus , Vulcan , Bacchus , Thoth , Hercules , having , by their skill in arts , or their prowess in arms , greatly benefited the early inhabi- tants of the ...
... shall find them , for the most part , to be nothing more than HEROES DEIFIED . Thus , Vulcan , Bacchus , Thoth , Hercules , having , by their skill in arts , or their prowess in arms , greatly benefited the early inhabi- tants of the ...
Page 247
... shall foon perceive , from its astonishing depth and breadth , that it was intended for the image of the fu- preme prefiding deity of this hallowed retreat , and that the sculptor wished to impress us , by the fuperior magnitude of the ...
... shall foon perceive , from its astonishing depth and breadth , that it was intended for the image of the fu- preme prefiding deity of this hallowed retreat , and that the sculptor wished to impress us , by the fuperior magnitude of the ...
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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