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 180
... length ; Sic nempe pinguntur figna : adeo ut in dicto iconifmo exhibeatur SÓL in figno TAURI , Perfarum more defignatus . Siceti- amin nummis MAGNI MOGUL IMPERATORIS IN- DIÆ , exhibitur corpus folare fuper dorso tau- ri , है ri , aut ...
... length ; Sic nempe pinguntur figna : adeo ut in dicto iconifmo exhibeatur SÓL in figno TAURI , Perfarum more defignatus . Siceti- amin nummis MAGNI MOGUL IMPERATORIS IN- DIÆ , exhibitur corpus folare fuper dorso tau- ri , है ri , aut ...
Page 194
... length these reflections upon what is called in India , the worship of Dewtahs , and , in other countries , that of Dæmons ; yet , be- fore I fhall be able to give any clear or fatisfac- tory idea of the probable devotion anciently ...
... length these reflections upon what is called in India , the worship of Dewtahs , and , in other countries , that of Dæmons ; yet , be- fore I fhall be able to give any clear or fatisfac- tory idea of the probable devotion anciently ...
Page 229
... I. p . 349 . + Plinii Nat . Hift . Lib . xxx . C. 1 . Warburton is decidedly for the high antiquity of Zoroaster , and calls all that Prideaux , and confequently Hyde , has written about upon which I am , at length , about to [ 229 ]
... I. p . 349 . + Plinii Nat . Hift . Lib . xxx . C. 1 . Warburton is decidedly for the high antiquity of Zoroaster , and calls all that Prideaux , and confequently Hyde , has written about upon which I am , at length , about to [ 229 ]
Page 230
... length , about to enter ; one of the most perplexing and difficult in the whole extent of Indian antiquities . By way of introduction to it , let me re- mark , that the principal fire - temple , and the ufual refidence of Zoroafter and ...
... length , about to enter ; one of the most perplexing and difficult in the whole extent of Indian antiquities . By way of introduction to it , let me re- mark , that the principal fire - temple , and the ufual refidence of Zoroafter and ...
Page 233
... so ardently ad- mired . When , therefore , we find Zoroafter , as he is represented by Porphyry , in a passage which I fhall presently give at length , previ- R 2 oufly oufly to his affuming the prophetic character , retiring to [ 233 ]
... so ardently ad- mired . When , therefore , we find Zoroafter , as he is represented by Porphyry , in a passage which I fhall presently give at length , previ- R 2 oufly oufly to his affuming the prophetic character , retiring to [ 233 ]
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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