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 157
... - ative images formed of them - thofe images by de- grees adored instead of their originals - Various animals , as their respective symbols , affigned to them 1 by by fuperftition - thofe animals venerated in their turn - [ 157 * ]
... - ative images formed of them - thofe images by de- grees adored instead of their originals - Various animals , as their respective symbols , affigned to them 1 by by fuperftition - thofe animals venerated in their turn - [ 157 * ]
Page 158
... SYMBOLS - Convinced that the mystery , confidered by M. Anquetil Du Perron , and M. Niebuhr , as infcrutable , was only to be folved by aftill clofer examination of the principles of the ZEND and and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and ...
... SYMBOLS - Convinced that the mystery , confidered by M. Anquetil Du Perron , and M. Niebuhr , as infcrutable , was only to be folved by aftill clofer examination of the principles of the ZEND and and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and ...
Page 177
... symbol , is ex- plained . The whole account is wild and ro- mantic in the extreme , and Mr. Halhed does not absolutely vouch for its authenticity ; how- ever , till more genuine fources of information are opened to us , we must make the ...
... symbol , is ex- plained . The whole account is wild and ro- mantic in the extreme , and Mr. Halhed does not absolutely vouch for its authenticity ; how- ever , till more genuine fources of information are opened to us , we must make the ...
Page 177
... symbols of the SUN and planetary train , with sculptures of the animals that compofed the figns of the , zodiac , engraved on the lofty walls , and de- corating the emboffed roof . In this artificial planifphere confpicuoufly was ...
... symbols of the SUN and planetary train , with sculptures of the animals that compofed the figns of the , zodiac , engraved on the lofty walls , and de- corating the emboffed roof . In this artificial planifphere confpicuoufly was ...
Page 179
... symbols of the Mithratic religion . The former , facing page 111 , exhibits , in as many different compartments , no less than four ftriking emblematical portraits of Mithra , and the bull facred to him ; but the one , which I wish ...
... symbols of the Mithratic religion . The former , facing page 111 , exhibits , in as many different compartments , no less than four ftriking emblematical portraits of Mithra , and the bull facred to him ; but the one , which I wish ...
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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