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 17
... hands , nor excelling wisdom more aptly delineated than by a circle of beads ; fince the radiated crown of glory naturally points out the divinity of the poffeffor ; and the ferpent , from his great vigour and revirefcence , is equally ...
... hands , nor excelling wisdom more aptly delineated than by a circle of beads ; fince the radiated crown of glory naturally points out the divinity of the poffeffor ; and the ferpent , from his great vigour and revirefcence , is equally ...
Page 62
... hand , with his right he is in the act of plunging a dagger into his throat . But why , exclaims the Abbé Banier , * whom Warburton ( for once just to merit ) calls the best interpreter of the mytho- logy of the ancients , why is MITHRA ...
... hand , with his right he is in the act of plunging a dagger into his throat . But why , exclaims the Abbé Banier , * whom Warburton ( for once just to merit ) calls the best interpreter of the mytho- logy of the ancients , why is MITHRA ...
Page 66
... hand grasps a dagger , his left supports a globe . * These fymbols dif- play , at once , the power of the God , and the extent of that power . The pofition of his feet on the head and back of the bull , and the perpetual recurrence of ...
... hand grasps a dagger , his left supports a globe . * These fymbols dif- play , at once , the power of the God , and the extent of that power . The pofition of his feet on the head and back of the bull , and the perpetual recurrence of ...
Page 73
... , appeared to him as if directed by the invifible hand of fome enraged dæmon . If the fields , fcorched by the beam of a direct fun , and fterile from a defect defect in the annual inundations , denied their accustomed produce [ 73 ]
... , appeared to him as if directed by the invifible hand of fome enraged dæmon . If the fields , fcorched by the beam of a direct fun , and fterile from a defect defect in the annual inundations , denied their accustomed produce [ 73 ]
Page 80
... hand at Bindoobund , & c . that she takes her name from her ufual habili- ment , which is black , and is frequently called the BLACK GODDESS , Callee being the com- mon name for ink . * On this fast also , he obferves , worship and ...
... hand at Bindoobund , & c . that she takes her name from her ufual habili- ment , which is black , and is frequently called the BLACK GODDESS , Callee being the com- mon name for ink . * On this fast also , he obferves , worship and ...
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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