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 156
... his fymbol , as the CAT was of the moon in Egypt , for a curious philofophical reafon adduced from Plutarch in page 291 - FOUNTAINS facred to the moon in India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that India [ 156 * ]
... his fymbol , as the CAT was of the moon in Egypt , for a curious philofophical reafon adduced from Plutarch in page 291 - FOUNTAINS facred to the moon in India - no less than 360 fountains confecrated to that India [ 156 * ]
Page 158
... curious and beautiful treatise de ANTRO NYMPHARUM ; Mr. Norden's Account , and ele- gant engravings , of the EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES ; and Montfaucon and Dr. Hyde on the MITHRATIĆ CAVES , RITES , and SYMBOLS - Convinced that the mystery ...
... curious and beautiful treatise de ANTRO NYMPHARUM ; Mr. Norden's Account , and ele- gant engravings , of the EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES ; and Montfaucon and Dr. Hyde on the MITHRATIĆ CAVES , RITES , and SYMBOLS - Convinced that the mystery ...
Page 159
... curious paffage , given at large by Origen , from Celfus , one of the most learned philofophers among the ancients , concerning the SEVEN GATES , emble- matical of the SEVEN PLANETS , erected in the M1- THRATIC caverns , through which ...
... curious paffage , given at large by Origen , from Celfus , one of the most learned philofophers among the ancients , concerning the SEVEN GATES , emble- matical of the SEVEN PLANETS , erected in the M1- THRATIC caverns , through which ...
Page 161
... curious , but degrading fuperftition . The Lingam an emblem , in India , of the creative power - Allotted as a fymbol to Seeva the DESTRUC- TIVE POWER , upon that philofophical principle of the Brahmins , that " to deftroy , is only to ...
... curious , but degrading fuperftition . The Lingam an emblem , in India , of the creative power - Allotted as a fymbol to Seeva the DESTRUC- TIVE POWER , upon that philofophical principle of the Brahmins , that " to deftroy , is only to ...
Page 177
... curious and valuable collection of Montfaucon , which is fo highly illustra- tive of the Gomedha facrifice , that I cannot refrain from presenting the reader with a short defcription of a part of it , as well as of ano- ther or two , in ...
... curious and valuable collection of Montfaucon , which is fo highly illustra- tive of the Gomedha facrifice , that I cannot refrain from presenting the reader with a short defcription of a part of it , as well as of ano- ther or two , in ...
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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