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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Page 88
... Souls of deceafed Heroes elevated to the Stars , and adored as the Genii of the revolving Orbs.- The Perfian Theology refumed . The Laws of the Perfian Zoroafter and Brahma have a won- derful Feature of Refemblance . - The Race ori ...
... Souls of deceafed Heroes elevated to the Stars , and adored as the Genii of the revolving Orbs.- The Perfian Theology refumed . The Laws of the Perfian Zoroafter and Brahma have a won- derful Feature of Refemblance . - The Race ori ...
Page 183
... soul ap- proached nearest to the perfection of the di- vine nature . It was here that the bright em- blem of the divinity beamed forth a luftre in- supportably refplendent and powerful ; but particularly at that awful feason , when the ...
... soul ap- proached nearest to the perfection of the di- vine nature . It was here that the bright em- blem of the divinity beamed forth a luftre in- supportably refplendent and powerful ; but particularly at that awful feason , when the ...
Page 185
... souls with an awful fenfe of the prefent Deity . The pla- netary train was reprefented by images equally emblematical of their fuppofed form and in- fluence , and the figns of the zodiac blazed in imitative gold round the emboffed and ...
... souls with an awful fenfe of the prefent Deity . The pla- netary train was reprefented by images equally emblematical of their fuppofed form and in- fluence , and the figns of the zodiac blazed in imitative gold round the emboffed and ...
Page 235
... SOULS , and men of little understandings , having fixed upon this vifion , are born of dreadful and inhuman deeds , for the deftruction of mankind ; they trust to their carnal appetites , [ most probably the true fource of the devotion ...
... SOULS , and men of little understandings , having fixed upon this vifion , are born of dreadful and inhuman deeds , for the deftruction of mankind ; they trust to their carnal appetites , [ most probably the true fource of the devotion ...
Page 239
... , or , in other words , eternal happiness . The laft paffage which I fhall extract from the Sacontala , relative to the journey of the migrating migrating soul , forms the concluding sentence of that beautiful [ 239 ]
... , or , in other words , eternal happiness . The laft paffage which I fhall extract from the Sacontala , relative to the journey of the migrating migrating soul , forms the concluding sentence of that beautiful [ 239 ]
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adored adorned affertion Afia Afiatic Reſearches aftoniſhing aftronomical alfo alſo ancient antiquity Ayeen Akbery becauſe Brahma Brahmins caverns celebrated circumſtance confecrated dæmon defcended defcribed deity deſcription divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Elephanta emblem engraving eſtabliſhed facred facrifice faid fame fays fculptured fecond feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould figures fimilar fince fire firſt folar fome foul ftatue ftill ftone ftupendous fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbols Geeta Greece Heetopades Herodotus hieroglyphics hiftory himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos Holwell India Indian caverns inveſtigation itſelf lefs legiſlator Mithra moft moſt muſt myftic myſteries obfcure obferved Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian philofophers poffibly Porphyry practifed prefent prieſts purpoſe reader receffes refidence refpect religion repreſented rites Sabian Salfette Sanfcreet ſcience Scythians Seeva ſhall Sir William Jones ſphere ſtate ſtatues ſtill ſtone Strabo ſyſtem temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfally uſed vafes Vedas veneration whofe whoſe worſhip Zoroafter