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 172
... according to Kircher , the EGYPTIAN fymbol of the Deity , or NUMEN TRIPLEX , was a TRIANGLE - The three perfons in the DIVINE ESSENCE compared , by thofe Rabbies , to the three collateral branches of the Hebrew letter SCHIN - That ...
... according to Kircher , the EGYPTIAN fymbol of the Deity , or NUMEN TRIPLEX , was a TRIANGLE - The three perfons in the DIVINE ESSENCE compared , by thofe Rabbies , to the three collateral branches of the Hebrew letter SCHIN - That ...
Page 175
... ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage ) with the flefh of the female LE VIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an exquifite relifh for that banquet of his SoN - They are alfo to be regaled with the ...
... ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage ) with the flefh of the female LE VIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an exquifite relifh for that banquet of his SoN - They are alfo to be regaled with the ...
Page 177
... according to the united atteftations of the ancients , their inmost recesses were often polluted by the most dreadful rites . The SCYTHIANS , also , who never erected tem- ples to the deity , in their colder regions cele- brated the ...
... according to the united atteftations of the ancients , their inmost recesses were often polluted by the most dreadful rites . The SCYTHIANS , also , who never erected tem- ples to the deity , in their colder regions cele- brated the ...
Page 177
... according to the Roman historians , in the early periods of that empire , practised the fame tremendous fpecies of fuperftition , devoting to the Gods , with many horrid ceremonies , the unhappy captives , ‡ taken * Confult Strabo , lib ...
... according to the Roman historians , in the early periods of that empire , practised the fame tremendous fpecies of fuperftition , devoting to the Gods , with many horrid ceremonies , the unhappy captives , ‡ taken * Confult Strabo , lib ...
Page 177
... according to Mandelfloe , * was covered with plates of gold . The rites , however , were fomewhat of a fan- guinary kind ; for , to gain the fmile of MATTA , the monstrous idol adored there , the infatuated devotees cut out their ...
... according to Mandelfloe , * was covered with plates of gold . The rites , however , were fomewhat of a fan- guinary kind ; for , to gain the fmile of MATTA , the monstrous idol adored there , the infatuated devotees cut out their ...
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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