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 158
... mystery , confidered by M. Anquetil Du Perron , and M. Niebuhr , as infcrutable , was only to be folved by aftill clofer examination of the principles of the ZEND and and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and [ 158 * ]
... mystery , confidered by M. Anquetil Du Perron , and M. Niebuhr , as infcrutable , was only to be folved by aftill clofer examination of the principles of the ZEND and and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and [ 158 * ]
Page 159
... means of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones , he attempts to investigate still deeper thofe facred depofitories of either religion - He enters with some minutenefs into the history of Zoroaster the REFORMER , not the INVENTOR , of the ...
... means of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones , he attempts to investigate still deeper thofe facred depofitories of either religion - He enters with some minutenefs into the history of Zoroaster the REFORMER , not the INVENTOR , of the ...
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... mean ONE IN THREE , and THREE IN ONE - A fhort enquiry entered into , by what channel a doctrine fo improbable to have been the fabrica- tion of mere human reafon , as that of a Trinity in Unity , could be propagated among a nation fo ...
... mean ONE IN THREE , and THREE IN ONE - A fhort enquiry entered into , by what channel a doctrine fo improbable to have been the fabrica- tion of mere human reafon , as that of a Trinity in Unity , could be propagated among a nation fo ...
Page 177
... means of the con- quefts of ALEXANDER , and the commerce af- terwards carried on with the nations inhabiting the peninfula , they were able to obtain a par- tial infight into their religious inftitutions , which , as far as known to ...
... means of the con- quefts of ALEXANDER , and the commerce af- terwards carried on with the nations inhabiting the peninfula , they were able to obtain a par- tial infight into their religious inftitutions , which , as far as known to ...
Page 177
... mean time it may be obferved that from the deep obfcu- rity of caverns and forests , have , in every age , iffued the light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , OF ZERDUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the ...
... mean time it may be obferved that from the deep obfcu- rity of caverns and forests , have , in every age , iffued the light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , OF ZERDUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the ...
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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