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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... race of RAJAHS , denominated the 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 ...
... race of RAJAHS , denominated the 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 ...
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... race induced , by terror , to deify the evil dæmons , and their horrible attributes - The walls of ELE- PHANTA and SALSETTE crowded with images al- lufive to the majestic attributes of God , and the mag nified virtues of men - The whole ...
... race induced , by terror , to deify the evil dæmons , and their horrible attributes - The walls of ELE- PHANTA and SALSETTE crowded with images al- lufive to the majestic attributes of God , and the mag nified virtues of men - The whole ...
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... race , known to the Hebrew patriarchs , and propagated by themfelves and their posterity , during their various migrations and difperfions throughout the world - A fummary account of the opinions at prefent entertained by the Jews ...
... race , known to the Hebrew patriarchs , and propagated by themfelves and their posterity , during their various migrations and difperfions throughout the world - A fummary account of the opinions at prefent entertained by the Jews ...
Page 175
... race of Judah , from Abraham downwards , in the reno vated city of Jerufalem , ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage ) with the flefh of the female LE VIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an ...
... race of Judah , from Abraham downwards , in the reno vated city of Jerufalem , ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage ) with the flefh of the female LE VIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an ...
Page 177
... race , who erected the ftupendous pyramids of Egypt - He urges that this hypothefis accounts for the origin of the Two GREAT SECTS of India , and their varying theology -for the veneration which the Indians entertain for Cows and ...
... race , who erected the ftupendous pyramids of Egypt - He urges that this hypothefis accounts for the origin of the Two GREAT SECTS of India , and their varying theology -for the veneration which the Indians entertain for Cows and ...
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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