The Indian Empire: Its History, People and ProductsLondon, 1882 - 568 pages |
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... Brahman Supremacy ; the Bráhman Ideal Life , Brahman Theology , Rise of the Post - Vedic Gods ; Hindu Triad , Bráhman Philosophy ; the Six Schools , Sanskrit Grammar ; Pánini , · • Sanskrit and Prákrit Dialects ; and MSS . , Brahman ...
... Brahman Supremacy ; the Bráhman Ideal Life , Brahman Theology , Rise of the Post - Vedic Gods ; Hindu Triad , Bráhman Philosophy ; the Six Schools , Sanskrit Grammar ; Pánini , · • Sanskrit and Prákrit Dialects ; and MSS . , Brahman ...
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... Bráhman Founders of Hinduism ; Low - Caste Apostles , The Acta Sanctorum of Hinduism ; Bhakta Málá , Kumárila Bhatta , 750 A.D. , Sankara Acharya , 9th cent . A.D. , • Growth of Siva - Worship ; Twofold Aspects , · Based on Brahman ...
... Bráhman Founders of Hinduism ; Low - Caste Apostles , The Acta Sanctorum of Hinduism ; Bhakta Málá , Kumárila Bhatta , 750 A.D. , Sankara Acharya , 9th cent . A.D. , • Growth of Siva - Worship ; Twofold Aspects , · Based on Brahman ...
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... Brahmans and Rájputs ) , about 16 millions in 1871 ; Hindus . third , the great Mixed Population , known as the Hindus , which has grown out of the Aryan and non - Aryan elements ( chiefly from the latter ) , and in 1871 numbered 110 ...
... Brahmans and Rájputs ) , about 16 millions in 1871 ; Hindus . third , the great Mixed Population , known as the Hindus , which has grown out of the Aryan and non - Aryan elements ( chiefly from the latter ) , and in 1871 numbered 110 ...
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... Brahmans declare that the Vedic hymns were directly Inspiration inspired by God . Indeed , in our own times , the young Theistic Church of Bengal , which rejects Bráhmanical teaching , was split into two sects on the question of the ...
... Brahmans declare that the Vedic hymns were directly Inspiration inspired by God . Indeed , in our own times , the young Theistic Church of Bengal , which rejects Bráhmanical teaching , was split into two sects on the question of the ...
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... are derived . See also Max Müller's essay on the ' Funeral Rites of the Brahmans , ' on which the following paragraph is chiefly based . Oudh and Allahábád , with the Himalayas as its northern 96 [ RIG - VEDA . INDIA .
... are derived . See also Max Müller's essay on the ' Funeral Rites of the Brahmans , ' on which the following paragraph is chiefly based . Oudh and Allahábád , with the Himalayas as its northern 96 [ RIG - VEDA . INDIA .
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aboriginal acres Afghán Afghánistán Akbar ancient army Aryan Asoka Assam Aurangzeb average Behar Berar Bombay Bráh Bráhmans Brahmaputra British Burma British India Buddha Buddhist Calcutta capital caste cent Central Provinces century A.D. chief coast cotton crop cultivation cwts death Deccan Delhi delta District dynasty east Emperor English European exports famine feet Firishta forest Ganges Gangetic Government Greek hill Himalayas Hindu Hinduism Imperial Gazetteer Indus irrigation Jahán Kábul Kandh Khán king kingdom Kshattriyas Lord Lower Bengal Madras Málwá Marhattá Megasthenes ment miles millions sterling Mughal Empire Muhammadan Musalmán Mysore Nágá native non-Aryan North-Western Provinces Northern Orissa Oudh Patná Peshwá plains population Portuguese priests princes Punjab Purána races rainfall Rájá Rájputs Ráma religion religious rice Rig-Veda river rule Sanskrit Santáls Scythian sect settlements Sháh Siva Southern India territory tion tracts trade tribes valley Veda Vedic village Vishnu Western worship
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Page 133 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine? I name thee, O Sakoontala! and all at once is said.
Page 279 - The increase of our revenue is the subject of our care, as much as our trade : — 'tis that must maintain our force, when twenty accidents may interrupt our trade: 'tis that must make us a nation in India...
Page 95 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 279 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India. Without that we are but a great number of interlopers, united by His Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us. And upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices that we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade.
Page 267 - Vasco da Gama, a nobleman of your household, has visited my kingdom, and has given me great pleasure. In my kingdom there is abundance of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. What I seek from thy country is gold, silver, coral, and scarlet.
Page 93 - If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind, have mercy, almighty, have mercy.
Page 94 - Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice ? " He who through his power is the only king of the breathing and awakening world.
Page 95 - Where there is eternal light, in the world where the sun is placed, in that immortal, imperishable world, place me, O Soma. " Where King Vaivasvata reigns, where the secret place of heaven is, where these mighty waters are : there make me immortal.
Page 323 - Company, numbering about 24,000 officers and men, were amalgamated with the royal service, and the Indian navy was abolished. By the Indian Councils Act (1861), the Governor-General's Council, and also the Councils at Madras and Bombay, were augmented by the addition of non-official members, either Natives or Europeans, for legislative purposes only ; and, by another Act passed in the same year, High Courts of Judicature were constituted out of the old Supreme Courts at the Presidency towns.
Page 318 - We must not forget that in the sky of India, serene as it is, a small cloud may arise, at first no bigger than a man's hand, but which, growing larger and larger, may at last threaten to burst, and overwhelm us with ruin.