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
... the 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 * ]
... the 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 161
... principle of the Brahmins , that " to deftroy , is only to generate , and re - produce , in another way . " - The author now commences the parallel of the INDIAN and EGYP- TIAN fyftems of theology , in which this bafe fpecies of worship ...
... principle of the Brahmins , that " to deftroy , is only to generate , and re - produce , in another way . " - The author now commences the parallel of the INDIAN and EGYP- TIAN fyftems of theology , in which this bafe fpecies of worship ...
Page 162
... principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earlieft idolater of the poft - dilu- vian world , who led the firft colony from Chaldæa to the banks of the Nile . - That the most venerated IDOLS of India are the ATTRIBUTES ...
... principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earlieft idolater of the poft - dilu- vian world , who led the firft colony from Chaldæa to the banks of the Nile . - That the most venerated IDOLS of India are the ATTRIBUTES ...
Page 165
... principles than any other profeffed in the world , except the Chriftian - juftly stated to be so by Mr. Haftings , in his elegant letter to Mr. Natha- niel Smith , prefixed to the Geeta - Some moft fu- blime paffages produced in proof ...
... principles than any other profeffed in the world , except the Chriftian - juftly stated to be so by Mr. Haftings , in his elegant letter to Mr. Natha- niel Smith , prefixed to the Geeta - Some moft fu- blime paffages produced in proof ...
Page 177
... PRINCIPLES , maintained from age to age by the Hindoos , the reader will , I hope , candidly impute the defect to the obfcure , the extenfive , and com- plex , nature of the fubject under examination . During the intercourfe which the ...
... PRINCIPLES , maintained from age to age by the Hindoos , the reader will , I hope , candidly impute the defect to the obfcure , the extenfive , and com- plex , nature of the fubject under examination . During the intercourfe which 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