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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... regarded as a conductor of defilement . It cannot , of course , be said that the rules of caste are confined to these three points . A Hindu's ideas about unclean animals are very capricious . He dreads the approach of a fowl to his ...
... regarded as a conductor of defilement . It cannot , of course , be said that the rules of caste are confined to these three points . A Hindu's ideas about unclean animals are very capricious . He dreads the approach of a fowl to his ...
Page xxviii
... regarded only as a 1 It may be thought by some that this dialect was nearly identical with the language of the Vedic hymns , and the latter often gives genuine Prākṛit forms ( as kuța for krita ) ; but even Vedic Sanskrit presents great ...
... regarded only as a 1 It may be thought by some that this dialect was nearly identical with the language of the Vedic hymns , and the latter often gives genuine Prākṛit forms ( as kuța for krita ) ; but even Vedic Sanskrit presents great ...
Page xxxix
... regarded in any other light than absolute extinction ? 2. Brāhmanism rises to a higher level , for here there is a theore- tical craving after union with the Supreme Spirit , as the grand aim and object of the system ( see p . 500 ) ...
... regarded in any other light than absolute extinction ? 2. Brāhmanism rises to a higher level , for here there is a theore- tical craving after union with the Supreme Spirit , as the grand aim and object of the system ( see p . 500 ) ...
Page xli
... regarded as the prophet of God and nothing more . He claimed no combination of divinity with humanity ' . Even his human nature was not held 1 He did not even pretend to be the founder of a new religion , but simply to have been ...
... regarded as the prophet of God and nothing more . He claimed no combination of divinity with humanity ' . Even his human nature was not held 1 He did not even pretend to be the founder of a new religion , but simply to have been ...
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... regarded as Siva's wife ) . Each sect is distinguished by different practices , and sectarian marks on the forehead ( called Tilaka ) . All three are subdivided into numerous sub - sects , each of which again has two classes of persons ...
... regarded as Siva's wife ) . Each sect is distinguished by different practices , and sectarian marks on the forehead ( called Tilaka ) . All three are subdivided into numerous sub - sects , each of which again has two classes of persons ...
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