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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... edit . 1724. See alfo Dr. Hyde , Hift . Vet . Relig . Perf . cap . xxvi . p . 339 . 1760 . + Prideaux's Connections , vol . i . p . 224 . Gen. xxi . verse 23 . Edit . Oxon , But his degenerate posterity afterwards prosti- tuted the ...
... edit . 1724. See alfo Dr. Hyde , Hift . Vet . Relig . Perf . cap . xxvi . p . 339 . 1760 . + Prideaux's Connections , vol . i . p . 224 . Gen. xxi . verse 23 . Edit . Oxon , But his degenerate posterity afterwards prosti- tuted the ...
Page 177
... édit . à Rouen , 1713 , and p . 166 of the London folio edit . 1 Victima feems to de derived a vido , the perfon conquered in battle , and therefore doomed to facrifice . taken in war . lian grove of the former , [ 158 ]
... édit . à Rouen , 1713 , and p . 166 of the London folio edit . 1 Victima feems to de derived a vido , the perfon conquered in battle , and therefore doomed to facrifice . taken in war . lian grove of the former , [ 158 ]
Page 177
... Herodotus , lib . i . p . 99. edit . Stephani , 1592 , which is the edition quoted throughout this work . Defcription of Afia , p . 21. prefixed to Nadir Shah , ever now altogether relinquished , the Indians might have borrowed [ 167 ]
... Herodotus , lib . i . p . 99. edit . Stephani , 1592 , which is the edition quoted throughout this work . Defcription of Afia , p . 21. prefixed to Nadir Shah , ever now altogether relinquished , the Indians might have borrowed [ 167 ]
Page 177
... Strabo , * opposed the arms of the great Cyrus , adored the sun , and facrificed horses N 3 Strabo , lib . 11 , p . 487. edit . Bafil . The edition referred > to throughout . horfes to that deity . Horfes , however , were [ 171 ]
... Strabo , * opposed the arms of the great Cyrus , adored the sun , and facrificed horses N 3 Strabo , lib . 11 , p . 487. edit . Bafil . The edition referred > to throughout . horfes to that deity . Horfes , however , were [ 171 ]
Page 177
... edit . Paris , 1719. See alfo a fimilar fculpture , engraved in Dr. Hyde's first plate , with other curious aftronomical appens dages , which will be noticed hereafter . will still more immediately elucidate the pre- fent obfcure ...
... edit . Paris , 1719. See alfo a fimilar fculpture , engraved in Dr. Hyde's first plate , with other curious aftronomical appens dages , which will be noticed hereafter . will still more immediately elucidate the pre- fent obfcure ...
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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