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 149
... CHILDREN OF THE SUN AND MOON . In that volume the claims to unfathomable antiquity of the Brah- min chronologers will be examined , and the MOSAIC HISTORY vindicated . DISSERTATION II . THE THEOLOGY OF HINDOSTAN . M *
... CHILDREN OF THE SUN AND MOON . In that volume the claims to unfathomable antiquity of the Brah- min chronologers will be examined , and the MOSAIC HISTORY vindicated . DISSERTATION II . THE THEOLOGY OF HINDOSTAN . M *
Page 156
... Moon , or CHANDRA , a male deity in Hindoftan- that very fingular circumftance adduced in proof that India has not borrowed the whole of her my- thology from Egypt , where the Moon was a female divinity , adored under the name of Isis ...
... Moon , or CHANDRA , a male deity in Hindoftan- that very fingular circumftance adduced in proof that India has not borrowed the whole of her my- thology from Egypt , where the Moon was a female divinity , adored under the name of Isis ...
Page 157
... moon - The elements perfonified and venerated under various names - AGNEE - VARUNA- PAVAN CREESHNA , the Indian Apollo - CAR- TICEYA , the Indian Mars - LACHSMEE , the Indian Ceres - SERASWATI , the Indian Minerva — CAMA , the Indian ...
... moon - The elements perfonified and venerated under various names - AGNEE - VARUNA- PAVAN CREESHNA , the Indian Apollo - CAR- TICEYA , the Indian Mars - LACHSMEE , the Indian Ceres - SERASWATI , the Indian Minerva — CAMA , the Indian ...
Page 183
... that her faft falls on the last day of the moon in September , and that she is worshipped all VOL . I. O the a Heetopades , p . 212. and note 292. Ibid . p . 185. note 249 . the night of that day univerfally ; but more particularly [ 183 ]
... that her faft falls on the last day of the moon in September , and that she is worshipped all VOL . I. O the a Heetopades , p . 212. and note 292. Ibid . p . 185. note 249 . the night of that day univerfally ; but more particularly [ 183 ]
Page 189
... ancestors as far back as the third ge . neration ; that this greater ceremony of the Stradha is performed on the day of the new 04 Heetopades , p . 271. and note 372 . moon moon in every month , but that they are com- [ 189 ]
... ancestors as far back as the third ge . neration ; that this greater ceremony of the Stradha is performed on the day of the new 04 Heetopades , p . 271. and note 372 . moon moon in every month , but that they are com- [ 189 ]
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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