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 154
... India - the ido- latrous devotion practifed in confecrated groves feverely anathematised in holy writ - the fanguinary rites performed in those of Scythia - the very ancient , but not the original , religion of India proved to be of a ...
... India - the ido- latrous devotion practifed in confecrated groves feverely anathematised in holy writ - the fanguinary rites performed in those of Scythia - the very ancient , but not the original , religion of India proved to be of a ...
Page 155
... India - an inftance of the former from the HEETOPADES - human facrifices common at the funerals of the ancient fovereigns of Scythia , or Tartary , and at thofe of the Indian Rajahs - in- ftances of the latter from Texeira , Anciennes ...
... India - an inftance of the former from the HEETOPADES - human facrifices common at the funerals of the ancient fovereigns of Scythia , or Tartary , and at thofe of the Indian Rajahs - in- ftances of the latter from Texeira , Anciennes ...
Page 156
... India , as in Per- fia - proved to have been fo from a very great variety of paffages inferted in order from page 190 to 206 , and extracted from the VEDAS , the ... India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that India [ 156 * ]
... India , as in Per- fia - proved to have been fo from a very great variety of paffages inferted in order from page 190 to 206 , and extracted from the VEDAS , the ... India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that India [ 156 * ]
Page 157
... India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that orb at Kehrow , in Cafhmeer - a circumftance point- ed out as exceedingly remarkable , being the num- ber of the days of the ancient year - The two fu- preme rajah families of ...
... India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that orb at Kehrow , in Cafhmeer - a circumftance point- ed out as exceedingly remarkable , being the num- ber of the days of the ancient year - The two fu- preme rajah families of ...
Page 159
... India , " most probably the mountains of NAUGRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most profound and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks ...
... India , " most probably the mountains of NAUGRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most profound and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks ...
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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