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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... writer , relative to the intro- duction of the PHALLICA at Athens , and a cir- cumstance related in Scripture , in regard to the Phi , liftines who had captured and profaned the ark of God - The former history in the profane writer no ...
... writer , relative to the intro- duction of the PHALLICA at Athens , and a cir- cumstance related in Scripture , in regard to the Phi , liftines who had captured and profaned the ark of God - The former history in the profane writer no ...
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... writer's palpable deficiency in the knowledge of those facred writings , from his having pre- fented to the public , as an authentic fpecimen of the feveral VEDAS , four afhlogues , or ftanzas , which he affirms have not the least ...
... writer's palpable deficiency in the knowledge of those facred writings , from his having pre- fented to the public , as an authentic fpecimen of the feveral VEDAS , four afhlogues , or ftanzas , which he affirms have not the least ...
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... writer , it is but juftice to add , that even Mr. Halhed himfelf has ac- knowledged , that , in other refpects , he ... writers , fhall be first noticed ; new rays of light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate ...
... writer , it is but juftice to add , that even Mr. Halhed himfelf has ac- knowledged , that , in other refpects , he ... writers , fhall be first noticed ; new rays of light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate ...
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... writers ; and , though Mr. Hol- well , * arguing from the general mildness of the Hindoo character , and the benevolent principles of the Brahmin religion , ftrenuously denies the existence of those bloody rites , yet , unaccountable as ...
... writers ; and , though Mr. Hol- well , * arguing from the general mildness of the Hindoo character , and the benevolent principles of the Brahmin religion , ftrenuously denies the existence of those bloody rites , yet , unaccountable as ...
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... writer , are at this day the most pufillanimous and enervated inha- bitants of the globe ; * that on this review it is impoffible to refrain from a high degree of astonishment ; and , fince the fubject is equally curious and profound ...
... writer , are at this day the most pufillanimous and enervated inha- bitants of the globe ; * that on this review it is impoffible to refrain from a high degree of astonishment ; and , fince the fubject is equally curious and profound ...
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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