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 28
... according to the divine command , wore on the head . Engravings , difplaying thefe various fym- bols , in the course of the inquiry , prefented to the reader . An account of the famous book of ZOHAR , and of the SEPHIR JETZIRAH , or ...
... according to the divine command , wore on the head . Engravings , difplaying thefe various fym- bols , in the course of the inquiry , prefented to the reader . An account of the famous book of ZOHAR , and of the SEPHIR JETZIRAH , or ...
Page 30
... ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage , ) with the flesh of the female LEVIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an exquifite relifh for that banquet of his SON . They are alfo to be regaled with the ...
... ( according to the Rabbies cited by Bafnage , ) with the flesh of the female LEVIATHAN , falted by God from the beginning of time , and preferved as an exquifite relifh for that banquet of his SON . They are alfo to be regaled with the ...
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... According to Diodorus Sicu- lus , the ancient Brachmans acknowledged all their civil and ecclefiaftical inftitutions to be derived from DIONYSIUS - An inquiry commenced concerning the true INDIAN BACCHUS - The Indians , in their re ...
... According to Diodorus Sicu- lus , the ancient Brachmans acknowledged all their civil and ecclefiaftical inftitutions to be derived from DIONYSIUS - An inquiry commenced concerning the true INDIAN BACCHUS - The Indians , in their re ...
Page 42
... according to the united attefta- tions of the ancients , their inmost recefles were often polluted by the most dreadful rites . The SCYTHIANS , alfo , who never erected temples to the Deity , in their colder regions , celebrated the ...
... according to the united attefta- tions of the ancients , their inmost recefles were often polluted by the most dreadful rites . The SCYTHIANS , alfo , who never erected temples to the Deity , in their colder regions , celebrated the ...
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... according to the Roman historians , in the early periods of that empire , practised the same tremendous fpecies of fu- perstition , devoting to the gods , with many horrid ceremonies , the unhappy captives , ‡ taken * Confult Strabo ...
... according to the Roman historians , in the early periods of that empire , practised the same tremendous fpecies of fu- perstition , devoting to the gods , with many horrid ceremonies , the unhappy captives , ‡ taken * Confult Strabo ...
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