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, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various 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, Volume 2C. & W. Galabin, 1800 - India |
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... SACRED SACER- DOTAL LANGUAGE , called in India the DEVINAGARI . -Fifthly , in the divifion of the people into TRIBES , or CASTS . — Sixthly , in the numerous ABLUTIONS practised by both people . And , finally , in their uni- verfal ...
... SACRED SACER- DOTAL LANGUAGE , called in India the DEVINAGARI . -Fifthly , in the divifion of the people into TRIBES , or CASTS . — Sixthly , in the numerous ABLUTIONS practised by both people . And , finally , in their uni- verfal ...
Page 74
... SACRED FIRE , which he , with equal zeal , preferved from extinction ; he performed , with trembling , the various prescribed cere- monies of the POOJA ; * and , while his heart glowed with gratitude for favours received from the ...
... SACRED FIRE , which he , with equal zeal , preferved from extinction ; he performed , with trembling , the various prescribed cere- monies of the POOJA ; * and , while his heart glowed with gratitude for favours received from the ...
Page 88
... The Antiquity of the Four VE- DAS , or Sacred Books of India , examined . Hiftorical Obfervations relative to Zoroafter , and and introductory to the Investigation of the ftu- pendous Antiquities [ 88 ] SECTION II. ...
... The Antiquity of the Four VE- DAS , or Sacred Books of India , examined . Hiftorical Obfervations relative to Zoroafter , and and introductory to the Investigation of the ftu- pendous Antiquities [ 88 ] SECTION II. ...
Page 281
... all con- fequently destroyed in a vast deluge , except a certain pious king and his family , which , in very fingular conformity to the relation of Sacred Writ , very [ 281 ] mit a duplicate of the plate for their particu- ...
... all con- fequently destroyed in a vast deluge , except a certain pious king and his family , which , in very fingular conformity to the relation of Sacred Writ , very [ 281 ] mit a duplicate of the plate for their particu- ...
Page 282
... Sacred Writ , confifted of seven persons , who floated upon the waters in a vessel fabricated according to the exprefs direction of Veefhnu . For , this pious monarch , one day performing his devotions on the fhore of the ocean , was ...
... Sacred Writ , confifted of seven persons , who floated upon the waters in a vessel fabricated according to the exprefs direction of Veefhnu . For , this pious monarch , one day performing his devotions on the fhore of the ocean , was ...
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