Indian Wisdom, Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Doctrines of the Hindūs: With a Brief History of the Chief Departments of Sanskṛit Literature, and Some Account of the Past and Present Condition of India, Moral and IntellectualW.H. Allen, 1875 - 542 pages |
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... knowledge of a system of belief and practice which has constantly prevailed for at least three thousand years , and still continues 1 The volume is founded on my official lectures . 2 Mr. Hurrychund Chintamon ( sic for Harićandra ...
... knowledge of a system of belief and practice which has constantly prevailed for at least three thousand years , and still continues 1 The volume is founded on my official lectures . 2 Mr. Hurrychund Chintamon ( sic for Harićandra ...
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... knowledge has hitherto been hopelessly clouded , so as to shut out every country beyond the Holy Land , have now a clear prospect opened out towards India . They have only to study the Report of the Moral and Material Progress and ...
... knowledge has hitherto been hopelessly clouded , so as to shut out every country beyond the Holy Land , have now a clear prospect opened out towards India . They have only to study the Report of the Moral and Material Progress and ...
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... knowledge of India's needs , and in our endeavours to meet them , as well as an earnest of our future efforts for the good of its inhabitants . The same must be said of Sir George Campbell's ex- haustive Report on his own administration ...
... knowledge of India's needs , and in our endeavours to meet them , as well as an earnest of our future efforts for the good of its inhabitants . The same must be said of Sir George Campbell's ex- haustive Report on his own administration ...
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... knowledge of the Hindus ; and to this literature English- men must turn , if they wish to understand the character and mind of nearly two hundred millions ( or about five - sixths ) of India's population ( see pp . xvi - xx of ...
... knowledge of the Hindus ; and to this literature English- men must turn , if they wish to understand the character and mind of nearly two hundred millions ( or about five - sixths ) of India's population ( see pp . xvi - xx of ...
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... knowledge of soul ' LECTURE VII . - Irregular Systems and Eclectic School 120 127 Jainism . The Ćārvākas . 128 132 The Bhagavad - gītā , ' song of Krishna ' LECTURE VIII . - Smriti . The Vedān - gas . Kalpa - sūtra , ' ceremonial ...
... knowledge of soul ' LECTURE VII . - Irregular Systems and Eclectic School 120 127 Jainism . The Ćārvākas . 128 132 The Bhagavad - gītā , ' song of Krishna ' LECTURE VIII . - Smriti . The Vedān - gas . Kalpa - sūtra , ' ceremonial ...
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