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 39
... light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate the subject . think it neceffary , however , to begin my in- quiries at a period far remote from that of their immediate investigation . The gloomy CAVERN and the ...
... light from the pages of the latter will , as we advance , illuminate the subject . think it neceffary , however , to begin my in- quiries at a period far remote from that of their immediate investigation . The gloomy CAVERN and the ...
Page 40
... light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , or ZER- DUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the Perfian Magi , between whofe doctrines and those of BRAHMA I fhall hereafter , in many points , trace a ftriking ...
... light of philosophy and the beams of religion . ZOROASTER , or ZER- DUSHT , the great reformer of the fect of the Perfian Magi , between whofe doctrines and those of BRAHMA I fhall hereafter , in many points , trace a ftriking ...
Page 58
... light have been thrown in a tranflation by Mr. Halhed from an old Persian author , who pub . lifhed in that language a Hindoo commentary upon the Vedas , in which this rite , as a fym- bol , is explained . The whole account is wild and ...
... light have been thrown in a tranflation by Mr. Halhed from an old Persian author , who pub . lifhed in that language a Hindoo commentary upon the Vedas , in which this rite , as a fym- bol , is explained . The whole account is wild and ...
Page 67
... light , and that the world was going to be wrapped in nocturnal clouds and incumbent darkness . In the fecond plate of the fame book , there is an engraving of Taurus geftans Solem , that is , of the sun rifing on the back of the BULL ...
... light , and that the world was going to be wrapped in nocturnal clouds and incumbent darkness . In the fecond plate of the fame book , there is an engraving of Taurus geftans Solem , that is , of the sun rifing on the back of the BULL ...
Page 78
... light . " To her , " fays Sir W. Jones , " hu- man facrifices were anciently offered as the VEDAS enjoined , but , in the present age , they are absolutely prohibited , as are alfo the facrifices of bulls and horfes . " This obfer ...
... light . " To her , " fays Sir W. Jones , " hu- man facrifices were anciently offered as the VEDAS enjoined , but , in the present age , they are absolutely prohibited , as are alfo the facrifices of bulls and horfes . " This obfer ...
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