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 177
... researches of these gentlemen is the public indebted for all the original knowledge of which they are now in poffeffion , both in regard to the true principles of the theology of the Hindoos contained in the VEDAS , * and The four ...
... researches of these gentlemen is the public indebted for all the original knowledge of which they are now in poffeffion , both in regard to the true principles of the theology of the Hindoos contained in the VEDAS , * and The four ...
Page 177
... Researches , ‡ that TIRHOOT , a city fituated in the north of Bahar , poffeffes a prior claim to that honour ; for , it is faid , " from old time , to have been the refidence of Hindoo learning , " and thofe delightful groves of orange ...
... Researches , ‡ that TIRHOOT , a city fituated in the north of Bahar , poffeffes a prior claim to that honour ; for , it is faid , " from old time , to have been the refidence of Hindoo learning , " and thofe delightful groves of orange ...
Page 177
... occafi- ons , of a MAN , a BULL , and a HORSE , under the names of NERAMEDHA , GOMEDHA , and As- WAMEDHA , Holwell , part ii . p . 84 . † Afiat . Research . vol . i . p . 265 . 樂 WAMEDHA . In the Ayeen Akbery , it is [ 162 ]
... occafi- ons , of a MAN , a BULL , and a HORSE , under the names of NERAMEDHA , GOMEDHA , and As- WAMEDHA , Holwell , part ii . p . 84 . † Afiat . Research . vol . i . p . 265 . 樂 WAMEDHA . In the Ayeen Akbery , it is [ 162 ]
Page 177
... Researches , which express- ly fay , these ceremonies were ftained with blood , nor in that part of the Ayeen Akbery , which records the history of the facrificial rites of In- dia . The latter book mentions , in oppofition to what ...
... Researches , which express- ly fay , these ceremonies were ftained with blood , nor in that part of the Ayeen Akbery , which records the history of the facrificial rites of In- dia . The latter book mentions , in oppofition to what ...
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... , ac- cording to Mr. Wilkins's orthography in the Geeta , to Mas HASOOR , that is , the great Afoor , or evil fpirit . + Afiatic Researches , vol . i . p . 264 . 1 confequence and arrogated fuperiority of the priests of BRAHMA . [ 177 * ]
... , ac- cording to Mr. Wilkins's orthography in the Geeta , to Mas HASOOR , that is , the great Afoor , or evil fpirit . + Afiatic Researches , vol . i . p . 264 . 1 confequence and arrogated fuperiority of the priests of BRAHMA . [ 177 * ]
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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