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 159
... some minutenefs into the history of Zoroaster the REFORMER , not the INVENTOR , of the Magian religion ; he traces his " fecret footsteps , " and thofe of Darius Hyftafpes , his royal patron , to the " woody folitudes " ( as they are ...
... some minutenefs into the history of Zoroaster the REFORMER , not the INVENTOR , of the Magian religion ; he traces his " fecret footsteps , " and thofe of Darius Hyftafpes , his royal patron , to the " woody folitudes " ( as they are ...
Page 165
... Some moft fu- blime paffages produced in proof from that Episode , and from a tranflation of the BHAGAVAT , by Sir William Jones - Certain paffages in Scripture fur- prisingly confonant to these extracts - Whether this might be derived ...
... Some moft fu- blime paffages produced in proof from that Episode , and from a tranflation of the BHAGAVAT , by Sir William Jones - Certain paffages in Scripture fur- prisingly confonant to these extracts - Whether this might be derived ...
Page 166
... , Dion Chryfoftome , and Plato , p . 342 , et feq . - Some cu- rious particulars , related by MEURSIUS , in regard to the NUMEROUS ABLUTIONS in the Grecian myfteries , compared compared with thofe recounted in the Ayeen Ak- bery , [ 166 * ]
... , Dion Chryfoftome , and Plato , p . 342 , et feq . - Some cu- rious particulars , related by MEURSIUS , in regard to the NUMEROUS ABLUTIONS in the Grecian myfteries , compared compared with thofe recounted in the Ayeen Ak- bery , [ 166 * ]
Page 169
... Some striking circumftances of national re- femblance enumerated ; as , firft , in their mutual ve- neration of the facred LOTOS - A defcription of that flower from Herodotus , and a late traveller , M. Savary - Secondly , In their ...
... Some striking circumftances of national re- femblance enumerated ; as , firft , in their mutual ve- neration of the facred LOTOS - A defcription of that flower from Herodotus , and a late traveller , M. Savary - Secondly , In their ...
Page 171
... Some objections , urged by fceptical opponents against the TRINITY , anfwered , p . 435 , et feq . - The Jews pay lefs deference to the WRITTEN , than to the ORAL , LAW which they affert to have been delivered to Mofes on Sinai - An ...
... Some objections , urged by fceptical opponents against the TRINITY , anfwered , p . 435 , et feq . - The Jews pay lefs deference to the WRITTEN , than to the ORAL , LAW which they affert to have been delivered to Mofes on Sinai - An ...
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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