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
... similar figure of a young man cutting the throat of a BULL invariably occurs , it most probably is al- lufive to that facrifice : or , fhall we say , that what the Perfians beheld thus ftrikingly por- trayed upou the most ancient zodiac ...
... similar figure of a young man cutting the throat of a BULL invariably occurs , it most probably is al- lufive to that facrifice : or , fhall we say , that what the Perfians beheld thus ftrikingly por- trayed upou the most ancient zodiac ...
Page 296
... similar manner interfected , and from ideas of this kind undoubtedly have arifen all thofe ridiculous tales of the contefts of those celeftial combatants . As an illuftration of what has been just observed , I have annexed a ...
... similar manner interfected , and from ideas of this kind undoubtedly have arifen all thofe ridiculous tales of the contefts of those celeftial combatants . As an illuftration of what has been just observed , I have annexed a ...
Page 345
... similar to the Scripture - phrafe of all the fountains of the great deep ; ) - what can all this accumulation of magnificent and dreadful images fhadow out except the defolation of the earth during the period of the univerfal deluge ...
... similar to the Scripture - phrafe of all the fountains of the great deep ; ) - what can all this accumulation of magnificent and dreadful images fhadow out except the defolation of the earth during the period of the univerfal deluge ...
Page 329
... Similar to this conduct was that of the hierophant in the myftic cells of Egypt . The immortal Cudworth has indeed ably vindicated the Egyptian priests from the charge of atheism ; but ftill the people were kept in profound ignorance of ...
... Similar to this conduct was that of the hierophant in the myftic cells of Egypt . The immortal Cudworth has indeed ably vindicated the Egyptian priests from the charge of atheism ; but ftill the people were kept in profound ignorance of ...
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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