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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... Elephanta , undoubtedly stupendous fubterraneous tem- ples of the Deity — the particular rites of religion practifed , and sciences taught , in those caverns , re- ferved for confideration under the fecond general head - the cave of ...
... Elephanta , undoubtedly stupendous fubterraneous tem- ples of the Deity — the particular rites of religion practifed , and sciences taught , in those caverns , re- ferved for confideration under the fecond general head - the cave of ...
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... Elephanta fhall have been defcribed . The ftu- pendous myfteries of fuperftition practifed in them attempted to be investigated , and the profound arcana taught in them unfolded . The Author enters upon that task , hitherto ...
... Elephanta fhall have been defcribed . The ftu- pendous myfteries of fuperftition practifed in them attempted to be investigated , and the profound arcana taught in them unfolded . The Author enters upon that task , hitherto ...
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... Elephanta , in which are exhibited , as well the substance of all the preceding defcriptions , as the refpective hypothefes formed from the furvey of them by French and English travellers . Those of Niebuhr by far the moft correct and ...
... Elephanta , in which are exhibited , as well the substance of all the preceding defcriptions , as the refpective hypothefes formed from the furvey of them by French and English travellers . Those of Niebuhr by far the moft correct and ...
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... Elephanta - The tanks for ablution numerous , and the temple of SEEVA , with the PHALLUS , every where difcernible Visible receffes for the lamps that , probably , were kept con- tinually burning - The aftonishing height of the GREAT ...
... Elephanta - The tanks for ablution numerous , and the temple of SEEVA , with the PHALLUS , every where difcernible Visible receffes for the lamps that , probably , were kept con- tinually burning - The aftonishing height of the GREAT ...
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... Elephanta and Salfette formed with dark ailes and winding paffages , exactly refem- bling those in the temple of Ceres at Eleufis - The PHALLUS of BACCHUS and the LINGAM of MA- HADEO principal objects in the myftic fhews - The ...
... Elephanta and Salfette formed with dark ailes and winding paffages , exactly refem- bling those in the temple of Ceres at Eleufis - The PHALLUS of BACCHUS and the LINGAM of MA- HADEO principal objects in the myftic fhews - The ...
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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