Ancient India, 2000 B. C.-800 A. D.Longmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - 196 pages |
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... caste system of India was unknown in the Vedic Age . The only insuperable distinction which existed in that age was ... castes of the Brah- mans , Kshatriyas , and Vaisyas were formed . EPOCH II . - EPIC AGE . HINDU KINGDOMS ON 36 ...
... caste system of India was unknown in the Vedic Age . The only insuperable distinction which existed in that age was ... castes of the Brah- mans , Kshatriyas , and Vaisyas were formed . EPOCH II . - EPIC AGE . HINDU KINGDOMS ON 36 ...
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... caste , and had an interest therefore in making the performance of sacri- fices difficult , and even impracticable , for others . And the people of the Lower Gangetic regions , living in a genial but enervating climate , lost something ...
... caste , and had an interest therefore in making the performance of sacri- fices difficult , and even impracticable , for others . And the people of the Lower Gangetic regions , living in a genial but enervating climate , lost something ...
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... castes , and they also disclose to us the share which the royal caste took in originating or promoting the inquiries which are preserved to us in the Upanishads , and which have formed the basis of Hindu monotheism to the present day ...
... castes , and they also disclose to us the share which the royal caste took in originating or promoting the inquiries which are preserved to us in the Upanishads , and which have formed the basis of Hindu monotheism to the present day ...
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... caste . They devoted their lifetime to learning these rites ; they alone were able to perform them in all their details ; and the inference in the popular mind was that they alone were worthy of the holy task . And when heredi- tary ...
... caste . They devoted their lifetime to learning these rites ; they alone were able to perform them in all their details ; and the inference in the popular mind was that they alone were worthy of the holy task . And when heredi- tary ...
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... caste - the Brahmans of India . Similar causes led to the rise of the royal caste . In the Vedic Age the greatest kings , like Sudás , were but renowned warriors and leaders of hosts , owned cultivated lands and herds of cattle like ...
... caste - the Brahmans of India . Similar causes led to the rise of the royal caste . In the Vedic Age the greatest kings , like Sudás , were but renowned warriors and leaders of hosts , owned cultivated lands and herds of cattle like ...
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Page 170 - 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 Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 114 - ... whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger, for the combatants on either side in waging the conflict make carnage of each other, but allow those engaged in husbandry to remain quite...
Page 114 - Indians which contribute to prevent the occurrence of famine among them ; for whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger...
Page 131 - They then array themselves in fine muslin, and wear a few trinkets of gold on their fingers and in their ears. They eat flesh, but not that of animals employed in labour. They abstain from hot and highly seasoned food.
Page 148 - The day is not sufficient for asking and answering profound questions. From morning till night they engage in discussion; the old and the young mutually help one another.
Page 68 - The intelligent, whose body is spirit, whose form is light, whose thoughts are true, whose nature is like ether, omnipresent and invisible, from whom all works, all desires, all sweet odours and tastes proceed; he who embraces all this, who never speaks, and is never surprised...
Page 167 - For our purpose, the great value of the study of these Indian examples is that it widens so immensely our basis for architectural criticism. It is only by becoming familiar with forms so utterly dissimilar from those we have hitherto been conversant with, that we perceive how narrow is the purview that is content with one form or one passing fashion. By rising to this wider range, we shall perceive that architecture is as many-sided as human nature itself, and learn how few feelings and how few aspirations...
Page 101 - Ananda, am now grown old, and full of years, my journey is drawing to its close, I have reached my sum of days, I am turning eighty years of age...
Page 72 - From every sentence deep, original, and sublime thoughts arise, and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy and earnest spirit.
Page 67 - He replied : I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother and she answered " In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Jabala by name, thou art Satyakama.