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
... probably the mountains of NAU- GRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most pro- found and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks his motions ...
... probably the mountains of NAU- GRACUT , and , again following the reformer back to Perfia , after having been inftructed in the most pro- found and mysterious rites practifed in their confecrated caverns , attentively marks his motions ...
Page 17
... Canarah❞— A general defcription of the caverns - The eminences of the rocks probably used by the Brahmins as VOL . II . obfervatories B ― obfervatories The architecture confidered-- This pagoda , from its height [ 17 ]
... Canarah❞— A general defcription of the caverns - The eminences of the rocks probably used by the Brahmins as VOL . II . obfervatories B ― obfervatories The architecture confidered-- This pagoda , from its height [ 17 ]
Page 18
... probably , were kept con- tinually burning - The aftonishing height of the GREAT ALTAR , and magnitude of the coloffal ftatues An attempt to difplay , in animated language , the ftupendous magnificence and fplendour of the Mith- ratic ...
... probably , were kept con- tinually burning - The aftonishing height of the GREAT ALTAR , and magnitude of the coloffal ftatues An attempt to difplay , in animated language , the ftupendous magnificence and fplendour of the Mith- ratic ...
Page 31
... probably , the first person who led a colony to India from Armenia , after the flood , was an immediate defcendant of the more virtuous line of that patriarch , who eftablifhed the original , mild , and patriarchal , form of government ...
... probably , the first person who led a colony to India from Armenia , after the flood , was an immediate defcendant of the more virtuous line of that patriarch , who eftablifhed the original , mild , and patriarchal , form of government ...
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... probably adopted to avoid the defilement of that blood , but I can by no means find this particular confirmed either in the Afiatic Researches , which expreff- ly say these ceremonies were ftained with blood , nor in that part of the ...
... probably adopted to avoid the defilement of that blood , but I can by no means find this particular confirmed either in the Afiatic Researches , which expreff- ly say these ceremonies were ftained with blood , nor in that part of the ...
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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