Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names; or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations (1868)
Inman, Thomas, 1820-1876 · London and Liverpool, Printed for the author · leaf 528
r, the probableorigin of the shape of Hymens conventional torch;and in plate iii., fig. 4, of Hodgsons essay, we recog-nise the possible prototj-pe of the triple-featheredcoronal of the Prince of Wales. Again, in thefrontispiece and other parts of the Abbe Huesaccount of his travels in Thibet,… … 476 by a human couple, most intimately united. Werecognise a similar union of the mysterious four inPlate III., which represents a dagopa, or an erectionusually conical, surmounting sacred relics amongstthe Buddhists. It occurs in the Junnar cave, inthe Bomhay Presidency of India, and was copiedfor…
Religions · Names, Personal · Rites and ceremonies · Symbolism
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