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 170
... four grand tribes , or cafts - the tribe of BRAHMA - the tribe of KEHTREE - the tribe of BICE - the tribe of SOODER - The Brahmins alone permitted to read the VEDAS - thofe vedas , in p . 226 . preceding , explained to have been ...
... four grand tribes , or cafts - the tribe of BRAHMA - the tribe of KEHTREE - the tribe of BICE - the tribe of SOODER - The Brahmins alone permitted to read the VEDAS - thofe vedas , in p . 226 . preceding , explained to have been ...
Page 177
... FOUR DE GREES of probation ; tortures which they bore with a conftancy and with a fortitude worthy of a more enlightened religion , and more animating rewards , END OF THE INTRODUCTORY PROSPECTUS OF THE TWO FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE ...
... FOUR DE GREES of probation ; tortures which they bore with a conftancy and with a fortitude worthy of a more enlightened religion , and more animating rewards , END OF THE INTRODUCTORY PROSPECTUS OF THE TWO FIRST CHAPTERS OF THE ...
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... theology of the Hindoos contained in the VEDAS , * and The four facred volumes of India , fo denominated from VEDA , a SANSCREET root , fignifying , TO KNOW . and the profound wisdom and equity displayed in the code [ 152 ]
... theology of the Hindoos contained in the VEDAS , * and The four facred volumes of India , fo denominated from VEDA , a SANSCREET root , fignifying , TO KNOW . and the profound wisdom and equity displayed in the code [ 152 ]
Page 177
... four afhlogues , or ftanzas , which he affirms have not the least affinity or fimilitude whatsoever to those books . The truth of this affertion , Mr. Halhed * has placed beyond the poffibility of doubt , by a particular quotation of ...
... four afhlogues , or ftanzas , which he affirms have not the least affinity or fimilitude whatsoever to those books . The truth of this affertion , Mr. Halhed * has placed beyond the poffibility of doubt , by a particular quotation of ...
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... four hundred horsemen might take shelter at once . This was doubtless the facred BATTA , or Banian tree of the moderns , under the ample fhade of whofe radicating branches , Tavernier informs us , that the Hindoos of modern times ...
... four hundred horsemen might take shelter at once . This was doubtless the facred BATTA , or Banian tree of the moderns , under the ample fhade of whofe radicating branches , Tavernier informs us , that the Hindoos of modern times ...
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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