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 177
... himself the scholar of Zoroafter , fought wisdom in the folitary cell . Even the venerable prophets of the true religion took up their abode in the folitudes of the defert ; and the herald of the MESSIAH , whofe meat was the locufts and ...
... himself the scholar of Zoroafter , fought wisdom in the folitary cell . Even the venerable prophets of the true religion took up their abode in the folitudes of the defert ; and the herald of the MESSIAH , whofe meat was the locufts and ...
Page 177
... himself with cow - dung ; fetting it on fire , and con- fuming himself therein . 3. Burying him- felf in fnow ; ( this practice must have been peculiar to the northern regions . ) 4. At the extremity of Bengal , where the Ganges ...
... himself with cow - dung ; fetting it on fire , and con- fuming himself therein . 3. Burying him- felf in fnow ; ( this practice must have been peculiar to the northern regions . ) 4. At the extremity of Bengal , where the Ganges ...
Page 177
... himself , on the funeral pile , before the whole affembled army of Alexander ; the fimilar de- votion of himself to the flames , at Athens , of the venerable Brachman , ZARMANOCHAGAS , who attended the embassy sent by Porus to Au ...
... himself , on the funeral pile , before the whole affembled army of Alexander ; the fimilar de- votion of himself to the flames , at Athens , of the venerable Brachman , ZARMANOCHAGAS , who attended the embassy sent by Porus to Au ...
Page 177
... himself ; to avoid ab- furdity , we muft fuppofe , that , to prevent too violent a fhock being given to religious pre- judices fo deeply rooted , or not venturing to run the rifque of abolishing at once a custom fo generally practifed ...
... himself ; to avoid ab- furdity , we muft fuppofe , that , to prevent too violent a fhock being given to religious pre- judices fo deeply rooted , or not venturing to run the rifque of abolishing at once a custom fo generally practifed ...
Page 182
... himself in the performance of a thou- fand pious ablutions , denied the necessary tribute of its water ; FAMINE was , by his fears , magni- fied into a Dæmon of haggard look and gigantic form , and the affrighted bigot resorted to what ...
... himself in the performance of a thou- fand pious ablutions , denied the necessary tribute of its water ; FAMINE was , by his fears , magni- fied into a Dæmon of haggard look and gigantic form , and the affrighted bigot resorted to what ...
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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