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Constituting the First Ashtaka , or Book of the Rig - veda ; the oldest authority for the religious and social institutions of the Hindus . Translated from the Original Sanskrit by the late H. H. Wilson , M.A. 2nd Ed . , with a ...
Constituting the First Ashtaka , or Book of the Rig - veda ; the oldest authority for the religious and social institutions of the Hindus . Translated from the Original Sanskrit by the late H. H. Wilson , M.A. 2nd Ed . , with a ...
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| Title | Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects, Volume 2 Miscellaneous Essays Relating to Indian Subjects, Brian Houghton Hodgson Trübner's oriental series |
| Author | Brian Houghton Hodgson |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1880 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2005 |
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