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 and 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 ...author, 1800 - 396 pages |
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... veneration for fountains and rivers , and their frequent ablution in them . " An- : ciently there were Indians appointed to per- form facrifice to fountains , fprings , and ri vers , whose waters paffe through the towns . To this day ...
... veneration for fountains and rivers , and their frequent ablution in them . " An- : ciently there were Indians appointed to per- form facrifice to fountains , fprings , and ri vers , whose waters paffe through the towns . To this day ...
Page 464
... veneration immemorially paid by them to the mundane elements , but principally to the all - pervading fire ; having considered that reli- gion in a physical , mythological , and moral , view , as well as in what points it resembled , or ...
... veneration immemorially paid by them to the mundane elements , but principally to the all - pervading fire ; having considered that reli- gion in a physical , mythological , and moral , view , as well as in what points it resembled , or ...
Page 485
... veneration . In a passage , cited before , it has been evinced , that in no less than 700 places of that pro- vince sculptured figures of serpents were wor- shipped ; and that , at KEHROW , in the same province , 360 fountains , the ...
... veneration . In a passage , cited before , it has been evinced , that in no less than 700 places of that pro- vince sculptured figures of serpents were wor- shipped ; and that , at KEHROW , in the same province , 360 fountains , the ...
Page 486
... venerated ; † and where , according to Stanley on the Chal- daic philosophy , the whole system , both of morals and physics , was explained by perpe- tual allusions to fountains , imaginary or ma terial , whose streams , like those of ...
... venerated ; † and where , according to Stanley on the Chal- daic philosophy , the whole system , both of morals and physics , was explained by perpe- tual allusions to fountains , imaginary or ma terial , whose streams , like those of ...
Page 490
... venerated divi . nities of India being only their earliest sove- reigns deified . The astonishing population of the Indians as well as of the Chinese , their great advance in civilisation , and their cultivation of the sci- ences , at ...
... venerated divi . nities of India being only their earliest sove- reigns deified . The astonishing population of the Indians as well as of the Chinese , their great advance in civilisation , and their cultivation of the sci- ences , at ...
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Page 556 - And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
Page 556 - And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask ? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Page 556 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
Page 471 - And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God : and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Page 526 - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Page 549 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 520 - Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof.
Page 471 - ... or mark of different colours, as they may belong either to the sect of Veeshnu, or Seeva. If the temple be that of Veeshnu, their foreheads are marked with a longitudinal line, and the colour used is vermilion. If it be the temple of Seeva, they are marked with a parallel line, and the colour used is turmeric, or saffron. But these two grand sects being again subdivided into numerous classes, both the size and the shape of the tiluk are varied in proportion to their superior or inferior rank....
Page 706 - His right hand and arm were enclosed in a loose sleeve or bag of red cloth, within which he passed the beads of his rosary, one after another, through his fingers, repeating with the touch of each, as I was informed, one of the names of God, while his mind laboured to catch and dwell on the idea of the quality which appertained to it, and shewed the violence of its exertion to attain this purpose by the convulsive movements of all his features, his eyes being at the same time closed, doubtless to...
Page 387 - 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, And The Various And 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.