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 164
... state , productive in Indią of the most excruciating and horrible penances , in order by those penances to obtain мOKSH , or fu- preme happiness - A defcription of a YOGEE , in the act of penance , from the Sacontala - The fupreme ...
... state , productive in Indią of the most excruciating and horrible penances , in order by those penances to obtain мOKSH , or fu- preme happiness - A defcription of a YOGEE , in the act of penance , from the Sacontala - The fupreme ...
Page 248
... state which , it has been be- fore remarked , conftitutes the fupreme felicity of the Indian deity . The amiable attribute of the preferver , Veefhnu , is doubtlefs intended to be represented by the face on the right , which is arrayed ...
... state which , it has been be- fore remarked , conftitutes the fupreme felicity of the Indian deity . The amiable attribute of the preferver , Veefhnu , is doubtlefs intended to be represented by the face on the right , which is arrayed ...
Page 305
... state naturally induced the fuppofition of its existence in a future sphere of action ; and , while those diligent ob- fervers of mankind beheld the unequal diftri- bution of human happiness and misery , while they beheld VIRTUE ...
... state naturally induced the fuppofition of its existence in a future sphere of action ; and , while those diligent ob- fervers of mankind beheld the unequal diftri- bution of human happiness and misery , while they beheld VIRTUE ...
Page 308
... state of beings is unknown , the middle state is evident , but their future ftate is not to be difcovered . " Ibid , page 37 . In these paffages , the doctrine of the tranf migration itself is clearly established ; let us confider it in ...
... state of beings is unknown , the middle state is evident , but their future ftate is not to be difcovered . " Ibid , page 37 . In these paffages , the doctrine of the tranf migration itself is clearly established ; let us confider it in ...
Page 312
... happy , on feeing beautiful forms and liftening to fweet melody , arifes from fome faint remembrance of past joys and See the Preface to Sacontala , p . 9 . the the traces of connections in a former state of existence [ 312 ]
... happy , on feeing beautiful forms and liftening to fweet melody , arifes from fome faint remembrance of past joys and See the Preface to Sacontala , p . 9 . the the traces of connections in a former state of existence [ 312 ]
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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