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
... animals , as their respective symbols , affigned to them 1 by by fuperftition - thofe animals venerated in their turn - [ 157 * ]
... animals , as their respective symbols , affigned to them 1 by by fuperftition - thofe animals venerated in their turn - [ 157 * ]
Page 158
... animals venerated in their turn - A retrofpective furvey of the deities and fym > bols of Egypt , and a fhort parallel , preparatory to one more extended , of those deities , and their fym- bols , with the Indian divinities and fymbols ...
... animals venerated in their turn - A retrofpective furvey of the deities and fym > bols of Egypt , and a fhort parallel , preparatory to one more extended , of those deities , and their fym- bols , with the Indian divinities and fymbols ...
Page 164
... animal bodies , to be traced to fome corrupted tradition of the fallen angels - The ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES , as described by Jamblicus and Proclus , and detailed by Warburton in the Divine Legation , compared with with the mysterious ...
... animal bodies , to be traced to fome corrupted tradition of the fallen angels - The ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES , as described by Jamblicus and Proclus , and detailed by Warburton in the Divine Legation , compared with with the mysterious ...
Page 168
... animals - The five moft venerated pagodas of India , viz . that of JAGGERNAUT that of BEnares , -that of MATTRA - that of TRIPETTY - and that of SERINGHAM , fucceffively and minutely defcribed from TAVERNIER and others , in pages 368 ...
... animals - The five moft venerated pagodas of India , viz . that of JAGGERNAUT that of BEnares , -that of MATTRA - that of TRIPETTY - and that of SERINGHAM , fucceffively and minutely defcribed from TAVERNIER and others , in pages 368 ...
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... animals which were at that time facrificed in Juggen , ( divine worship , ) " the Almighty appeared upon earth under ... animal of life , if we are at all to credit the account , was more probably adopted to avoid the defilement of that ...
... animals which were at that time facrificed in Juggen , ( divine worship , ) " the Almighty appeared upon earth under ... animal of life , if we are at all to credit the account , was more probably adopted to avoid the defilement of that ...
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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