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 171
... supposed to have been interpolated - A progreffive view taken of the paffages in Scripture establishing , fome a PLURA- LITY , and others fo exprefs upon the PERSONAL AGENCY , and DIVINE ATTRIBUTES of the MIMRA , or Logos , and the RUAH ...
... supposed to have been interpolated - A progreffive view taken of the paffages in Scripture establishing , fome a PLURA- LITY , and others fo exprefs upon the PERSONAL AGENCY , and DIVINE ATTRIBUTES of the MIMRA , or Logos , and the RUAH ...
Page 182
... supposed to be the fureft means of propi- tiation . On these emergencies , whether of national diftrefs or of domeftic calamity , he haftened , like the Perfian , to that SACRED FIRE , which he , with equal zeal , preferved from ex ...
... supposed to be the fureft means of propi- tiation . On these emergencies , whether of national diftrefs or of domeftic calamity , he haftened , like the Perfian , to that SACRED FIRE , which he , with equal zeal , preferved from ex ...
Page 197
... supposed to have exifted . Under the character of the god SURYA , of whom , and his car , drawn by feven green * horses , and guided by his charioteer , ARUN , or the Dawn , an engraving is given in the Afiatic Researches . the SOLAR ...
... supposed to have exifted . Under the character of the god SURYA , of whom , and his car , drawn by feven green * horses , and guided by his charioteer , ARUN , or the Dawn , an engraving is given in the Afiatic Researches . the SOLAR ...
Page 201
... supposed motion round the earth , by which all nature was gladdened , and from which the various ranks of beings derived light and fupport . SURYA KOOND is mention- ed , under the Subah of Owd , in the Ayeen Akbery , as a place of ...
... supposed motion round the earth , by which all nature was gladdened , and from which the various ranks of beings derived light and fupport . SURYA KOOND is mention- ed , under the Subah of Owd , in the Ayeen Akbery , as a place of ...
Page 210
... supposed these revolving orbs to have an influence upon the earth and upon the feafons ; and the Greek and Roman poets , probably imitating the ancient writers of Egypt and Syria , crowd their pages with al- lufions to those supposed ...
... supposed these revolving orbs to have an influence upon the earth and upon the feafons ; and the Greek and Roman poets , probably imitating the ancient writers of Egypt and Syria , crowd their pages with al- lufions to those supposed ...
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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