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 155
... adored in Perfia un- der the name of OROMASDES , and in India , under that of BRAHME - in the parallel powers and fi- milar office of the Mediatorial MITHRA , and the preferver VEESHNU - in thofe of the malignant Aн- RIMAN , and the ...
... adored in Perfia un- der the name of OROMASDES , and in India , under that of BRAHME - in the parallel powers and fi- milar office of the Mediatorial MITHRA , and the preferver VEESHNU - in thofe of the malignant Aн- RIMAN , and the ...
Page 156
... adored under the name of Isis , and whence the Greeks had their horned goddess Io - The In- dian Chandra drawn by antelopes - a RABBIT his fymbol , as the CAT was of the moon in Egypt , for a curious philofophical reafon adduced from ...
... adored under the name of Isis , and whence the Greeks had their horned goddess Io - The In- dian Chandra drawn by antelopes - a RABBIT his fymbol , as the CAT was of the moon in Egypt , for a curious philofophical reafon adduced from ...
Page 157
... 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 * ]
... 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 167
... adored in CHALDEA - the whole , confequently , relics of the ancient prevailing SABIAN SUPERSTITION , or WORSHIP OF THE HOST OF HEAVEN . The author , emerging from the gloom of SUBTER- RANEOUS pagodas , introduces his readers into the ...
... adored in CHALDEA - the whole , confequently , relics of the ancient prevailing SABIAN SUPERSTITION , or WORSHIP OF THE HOST OF HEAVEN . The author , emerging from the gloom of SUBTER- RANEOUS pagodas , introduces his readers into the ...
Page 168
... adored in them , p . 381- EGYPT and INDIA feem to have affembled in thefe ра- godas the animals deemed more peculiarly facred in each country - as , for inftance , the MEMPHIAN BULL - the RAM , facred to JUPITER - and the GOAT , to PAN ...
... adored in them , p . 381- EGYPT and INDIA feem to have affembled in thefe ра- godas the animals deemed more peculiarly facred in each country - as , for inftance , the MEMPHIAN BULL - the RAM , facred to JUPITER - and the GOAT , to PAN ...
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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