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 159
... probably the mountains of NAUGRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most profound and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks his motions ...
... probably the mountains of NAUGRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most profound and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks his motions ...
Page 163
... probably used by the Brahmins as obfervatories . - The architecture confidered - This pagoda , from its height , and from its arched roof , far more magnificent than that of Elephanta - The tanks for ablution numerous , and the temple ...
... probably used by the Brahmins as obfervatories . - The architecture confidered - This pagoda , from its height , and from its arched roof , far more magnificent than that of Elephanta - The tanks for ablution numerous , and the temple ...
Page 164
... fallen angels - The ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES , as described by Jamblicus and Proclus , and detailed by Warburton in the Divine Legation , compared with with the mysterious rites probably practised in the caverns of [ 164 * ]
... fallen angels - The ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES , as described by Jamblicus and Proclus , and detailed by Warburton in the Divine Legation , compared with with the mysterious rites probably practised in the caverns of [ 164 * ]
Page 165
... probably practised in the caverns of India - The genuine theology of India purer in its 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 ...
... probably practised in the caverns of India - The genuine theology of India purer in its 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 ...
Page 176
... probably , the first perfon who led a colony to India from Armenia , after the flood , was an imme- diate defcendant of the more virtuous line of that patriarch , who established the original , mild , and patriarchal form of government ...
... probably , the first perfon who led a colony to India from Armenia , after the flood , was an imme- diate defcendant of the more virtuous line of that patriarch , who established the original , mild , and patriarchal form of government ...
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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