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, and Illustrative Of, the History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale. Vol. VII. and Final..Printed, for the author, by H.L. Galabin, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, and sold by John White, Fleet-Street., 1800 - 102 pages |
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Page 512
... feem to have been appropriated to the fer- vice of the temple folely , and fully verify all that was faid above , concerning the riches of thofe of Belus and the Dea Syria ; the infinity of vafes , all of gold , to be now enu- merated ...
... feem to have been appropriated to the fer- vice of the temple folely , and fully verify all that was faid above , concerning the riches of thofe of Belus and the Dea Syria ; the infinity of vafes , all of gold , to be now enu- merated ...
Page 577
... feem to have been infcribed at once with alphabetic and hieroglyphic characters ; and the Hebrew decalogue itself was engraved on two tables of stone . The Indians used all these me- thods of conveying their ideas to posterity ...
... feem to have been infcribed at once with alphabetic and hieroglyphic characters ; and the Hebrew decalogue itself was engraved on two tables of stone . The Indians used all these me- thods of conveying their ideas to posterity ...
Page 597
... feem to have affo- ciated in affectionate tribes , and been united by the strictest bonds of domestic intercourse ; a race who , for the most part , exift entirely upon the grains and fruits which the cultiva- ted earth abundantly ...
... feem to have affo- ciated in affectionate tribes , and been united by the strictest bonds of domestic intercourse ; a race who , for the most part , exift entirely upon the grains and fruits which the cultiva- ted earth abundantly ...
Page 598
... feem all to have been a kind of planetary deities ; and the reign of the king and the revolution of the orb , as has often been be- fore obferved in these pages , to have been perpetually confounded in their wild mytho- logical records ...
... feem all to have been a kind of planetary deities ; and the reign of the king and the revolution of the orb , as has often been be- fore obferved in these pages , to have been perpetually confounded in their wild mytho- logical records ...
Page 600
... feem at present to poffefs but a very uncertain clue ; but , through which , as au- thentic information has hitherto arrived in Europe , we have already in great part toiled in the first volume of Indian history . Whofoever will caft ...
... feem at present to poffefs but a very uncertain clue ; but , through which , as au- thentic information has hitherto arrived in Europe , we have already in great part toiled in the first volume of Indian history . Whofoever will caft ...
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Page 574 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all...
Page 786 - And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
Page 760 - ... where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black marble.
Page 787 - With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
Page 685 - The breaker of a foot-bridge, of a public flag, ' of a palisade, and of idols made of clay, shall repair ' what he has broken, and pay a mulct of five hundred 'panas. 286. ' For mixing impure with pure commodities, for 'piercing fine gems, as diamonds or rubies, and for 'boring pearls or inferior gems improperly, the fine ' is the lowest of the three ; but damages must always
Page 643 - Bhairava, who assume my shape, are pleased a thousand years. An oblation of blood which has been rendered pure by holy texts, is equal to ambrosia ; the head and flesh also afford much delight to Chandika. Blood drawn from the offerer's own body is looked upon as a proper oblation to the goddess Chandika.
Page 574 - Gothic and Celtic, though blended with a very different idiom, had the same origin with the Sanskrit: and the Old Persian might be added to the same family.
Page 855 - Let him chuse for his wife a girl, whose form has no defect ; who has an agreeable name ; who walks gracefully like a phenicopteros, or like a young elephant ; whose hair and teeth are moderate respectively in quantity and in size ; whose body has exquisite softness.
Page 585 - ... in the names of numbers, and the appellations of " fuch things as would be firft difcriminated on the immediate
Page 576 - Ethiopic letters, which bear a close relation to each other, both in the mode of writing from the left hand, and in the singular manner of connecting the vowels with the consonants.