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 243
... things , is split in two , and there are vifible marks of its having been done by gunpowder , probably by the fame barbarians who mutilated the figures in the pagoda adjoining . The word pagoda is formed from the Perfian word pout ...
... things , is split in two , and there are vifible marks of its having been done by gunpowder , probably by the fame barbarians who mutilated the figures in the pagoda adjoining . The word pagoda is formed from the Perfian word pout ...
Page 249
... things . If the reader will trouble himself to look into the fourth and fixth plate + of Niebuhr , he will obferve two figures , de- corated in a very confpicuous manner with the Zenar , or facred cord of three threads , which the ...
... things . If the reader will trouble himself to look into the fourth and fixth plate + of Niebuhr , he will obferve two figures , de- corated in a very confpicuous manner with the Zenar , or facred cord of three threads , which the ...
Page 260
... thing natural could be grofly obfcene , " a fingularity , " obferves Sir W. Jones , " which pervades all their writings and conversation , but which is no proof of depravity in their morals ! " A fear of offending the delicacy of my ...
... thing natural could be grofly obfcene , " a fingularity , " obferves Sir W. Jones , " which pervades all their writings and conversation , but which is no proof of depravity in their morals ! " A fear of offending the delicacy of my ...
Page 265
... thing facred , under the infulted name of reli- gion , from Egypt spread its infection through all the kingdoms of Afia , and was carried in Greece to fuch a pitch of infamous refinement , that , in celebrating the orgies of Bacchus ...
... thing facred , under the infulted name of reli- gion , from Egypt spread its infection through all the kingdoms of Afia , and was carried in Greece to fuch a pitch of infamous refinement , that , in celebrating the orgies of Bacchus ...
Page 267
... God of Ifrael might be appeased , they are defired , among T 3 other * See Bochart's Canaan , lib . i . cap . 18 Commentary on Sam . I. cap . vi . ver . 1 Bishop Patrick ' other things , to prepare five golden emerods , according [ 267 ]
... God of Ifrael might be appeased , they are defired , among T 3 other * See Bochart's Canaan , lib . i . cap . 18 Commentary on Sam . I. cap . vi . ver . 1 Bishop Patrick ' other things , to prepare five golden emerods , according [ 267 ]
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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