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
... light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate the fubject . I think it neceffary , however , to begin my inquiries at a period far re- mote from that of their immediate investiga- tion . The gloomy CAVERN , and ...
... light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate the fubject . I think it neceffary , however , to begin my inquiries at a period far re- mote from that of their immediate investiga- tion . The gloomy CAVERN , and ...
Page 177
... light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , OF ZERDUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the Perfian Magi , between whofe doctrines and thofe of BRAH- MA I shall hereafter , in many points , tracé a striking ...
... light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , OF ZERDUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the Perfian Magi , between whofe doctrines and thofe of BRAH- MA I shall hereafter , in many points , tracé a striking ...
Page 177
... light have been thrown in a translation by Mr. Halhed from an old Perfian author , who published in that language I particularly mention thefe rivers , because two of the moft confiderable ; but the Ayeen Akbery , vol . iii . p . 254 ...
... light have been thrown in a translation by Mr. Halhed from an old Perfian author , who published in that language I particularly mention thefe rivers , because two of the moft confiderable ; but the Ayeen Akbery , vol . iii . p . 254 ...
Page 180
... light , and that the world was going to be wrapped in nocturnal clouds and incumbent darkness . In the fecond plate of the fame book , there is an engra- ving of Taurus geftans Solem , that is , of the SUN rifing on the back of the BULL ...
... light , and that the world was going to be wrapped in nocturnal clouds and incumbent darkness . In the fecond plate of the fame book , there is an engra- ving of Taurus geftans Solem , that is , of the SUN rifing on the back of the BULL ...
Page 182
... the dread- ful rites in which . fhe took fo gloomy a de- light . To her , " fays Sir W. Jones , “ hu- Paradife Loft . + Sacontala , p . 83 . man man facrifices were anciently offered as the VEDAS enjoined , [ 181 * ]
... the dread- ful rites in which . fhe took fo gloomy a de- light . To her , " fays Sir W. Jones , “ hu- Paradife Loft . + Sacontala , p . 83 . man man facrifices were anciently offered as the VEDAS enjoined , [ 181 * ]
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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