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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... FIRE . A general view of the mythology of the Hindoos , and an enumeration of the deities moft confpicuous in that mythology . The SUN and ELEMENTARY FIRE Con- fidered in both countries as the moft perfect emblems of Deity . Worship ...
... FIRE . A general view of the mythology of the Hindoos , and an enumeration of the deities moft confpicuous in that mythology . The SUN and ELEMENTARY FIRE Con- fidered in both countries as the moft perfect emblems of Deity . Worship ...
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... fire . Fire- temples mentioned in the fame book to have flou- rifhed at Benares , Rai - Jird , and other places , in the time of the second Boodh , about a thousand years be- fore Chrift . The Moon , or CHANDRA , a male deity in ...
... fire . Fire- temples mentioned in the fame book to have flou- rifhed at Benares , Rai - Jird , and other places , in the time of the second Boodh , about a thousand years be- fore Chrift . The Moon , or CHANDRA , a male deity in ...
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... fire , as well as his erecting the ftupendous FIRE - TEMPLE at Balk , the author forms those con- clufions which are fubmitted to the reader in the pages more immediately following . The author fupports his deductions , by a very ...
... fire , as well as his erecting the ftupendous FIRE - TEMPLE at Balk , the author forms those con- clufions which are fubmitted to the reader in the pages more immediately following . The author fupports his deductions , by a very ...
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... fire - The external figure adduced as probable proof of the ancient internal worship - The caverns of Cararah , from their appearance , deno- minated by the natives " the city of Canarah❞— A general defcription of the caverns - The ...
... fire - The external figure adduced as probable proof of the ancient internal worship - The caverns of Cararah , from their appearance , deno- minated by the natives " the city of Canarah❞— A general defcription of the caverns - The ...
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... FIRE , and other ele- ments - remains of this purer primitive theology re- markably apparent amidst a thousand fuperftitions in India . - General divifion of the Hindoos into four grand tribes , or cafts- the tribe of BRAHMA - the tribe ...
... FIRE , and other ele- ments - remains of this purer primitive theology re- markably apparent amidst a thousand fuperftitions in India . - General divifion of the Hindoos into four grand tribes , or cafts- the tribe of BRAHMA - the tribe ...
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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