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 13
... principles of the ZEND and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones , he attempts to investigate ftill deeper thofe facred de- pofitories of either religion .. He enters with fome minuteness into the hiftory of Zoroafter ...
... principles of the ZEND and the VEDAS , by means of Dr. Hyde and Sir William Jones , he attempts to investigate ftill deeper thofe facred de- pofitories of either religion .. He enters with fome minuteness into the hiftory of Zoroafter ...
Page 15
... principle of the Brahmins , that " to destroy is only to generate and re - produce in another way . ” The author now enters on the third fection , con- taining the parallel of the INDIAN and EGYPTIAN fyftems of theology , in which that ...
... principle of the Brahmins , that " to destroy is only to generate and re - produce in another way . ” The author now enters on the third fection , con- taining the parallel of the INDIAN and EGYPTIAN fyftems of theology , in which that ...
Page 16
... principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earliest idolater of the poft - diluvian world , who led the first colony from Chaldæa to the banks of the Nile . That the moft venerated IDOLS - of $ of India are the ...
... principles and practices of that vitiated fon of NOAH , the earliest idolater of the poft - diluvian world , who led the first colony from Chaldæa to the banks of the Nile . That the moft venerated IDOLS - of $ of India are the ...
Page 19
... principles than any other profeffed in the world , except the Chriftian - juftly ftated to be fo by Mr. Haftings , in his elegant letter to Mr. Nathaniel Smith , prefixed to the Geeta - Some moft fublime paffages produced in proof ...
... principles than any other profeffed in the world , except the Chriftian - juftly ftated to be fo by Mr. Haftings , in his elegant letter to Mr. Nathaniel Smith , prefixed to the Geeta - Some moft fublime paffages produced in proof ...
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... PRINCIPLES mentioned in the Zoroastrian or Chaldaic Oracles , the most early cor- ruption of the doctrine of the Hebrew Trinity . The Perfian Triad of Deity , OROMASDES , MITHRAS , ARI- MANIUS ; or , rather , the three - fold power of ...
... PRINCIPLES mentioned in the Zoroastrian or Chaldaic Oracles , the most early cor- ruption of the doctrine of the Hebrew Trinity . The Perfian Triad of Deity , OROMASDES , MITHRAS , ARI- MANIUS ; or , rather , the three - fold power of ...
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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