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 162
... must be noticed in a fucceeding part of the Differtation , by difplaying its atrocioufnefs ; and refers back , for the genuine origin of fuch nefarious rites , to the principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earlieft ...
... must be noticed in a fucceeding part of the Differtation , by difplaying its atrocioufnefs ; and refers back , for the genuine origin of fuch nefarious rites , to the principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earlieft ...
Page 177
... must have been peculiar to the northern regions . ) 4. At the extremity of Bengal , where the Ganges discharges itself into the fea through a thou- fand channels , he goes into the water , enu- merates his fins , and prays till the ...
... must have been peculiar to the northern regions . ) 4. At the extremity of Bengal , where the Ganges discharges itself into the fea through a thou- fand channels , he goes into the water , enu- merates his fins , and prays till the ...
Page 177
... must have been a gloomy bigot or blood - thirsty tyrant . The facrifice which CALANUS made of himself , on the funeral pile , before the whole affembled army of Alexander ; the fimilar de- votion of himself to the flames , at Athens ...
... must have been a gloomy bigot or blood - thirsty tyrant . The facrifice which CALANUS made of himself , on the funeral pile , before the whole affembled army of Alexander ; the fimilar de- votion of himself to the flames , at Athens ...
Page 177
... must be allowed , that it was prefcribed by BRAHMA 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 ...
... must be allowed , that it was prefcribed by BRAHMA 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 ...
Page 177
... must confider the command of Jehovah to Abraham , first to facrifice his on- ly son , and then , by the voice of an angel from heaven , ordering him to forbear and to facri- fice a RAM in his place , as a strong decifive mark of his ...
... must confider the command of Jehovah to Abraham , first to facrifice his on- ly son , and then , by the voice of an angel from heaven , ordering him to forbear and to facri- fice a RAM in his place , as a strong decifive mark of his ...
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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