...post-Vedic writings, naturally receives a considerable share of Mr. Williame's attention. He says it is " perhaps one of the most remarkable books that the...moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself." The two great epic poems, the " Katmyana " and " Maha-bharata," which bear comparison with the "Iliad"...

...a remote period, and as revealing the exaggerated nature of the rules by which the Brahmans sought to perpetuate an organized caste-system in subordination...moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself. The compilation as now presented to us is an irregular compendium of rules which were probably in force...

...about the fifth century B. c. " It is " one of the most remarkable books that the literature of the world can offer, and some of its moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself." We need not give much detail of what the Professor says of this book, as it has been commented on lately...

...after the Veda and its Sranta-sûtrus. It is in other respects one of the most remarkable books that the whole world can offer, and some of its moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself. It may be assigned in its present form to about the fifth century Bc of their proudest objects, to...

...of the rules by which the Brahmans secured their supremacy in an organized caste system. It is also one of the most remarkable books that the literature of the whole world can offer, standing, in some of its moral teachings, at the level of Christianity itself. It consists of a body...

...which the Brahmans sought to secure their own ascendency, and to perpetuate an organised caste system in subordination to themselves. At the same time it...moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself."* Mr. JS Siromani, of the College of Pandits, Nadiya, says : — " The Code of Manu is not only the most...

...morals and laws it inculcates. Sir Monier Williams, with all his Christian bias, speaks of the code as "one of the most remarkable books that the literature of the whole world can offer."* This code is assigned a date as far back as 1280 B. c. by Sir William Jortes, while Mr. Elphinstone...

...involving repeated births through numberless existences until the attainment of final beatitude. "This is one of the most remarkable books that the literature of the whole world can offer. It not only presents a picture of the usages, manners, and intellectual condition of an important part...

...usages, manners and intellectual condition of an important part of the Hindu race at a remote period.... It is in other respects, perhaps, one of the most...that the literature of the whole world can offer," 2 —a view, so well-expressed by Burnell that, " No Indian book has been better known for the last...

...codes of Hindu law. It has been estimated by the late professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University, as "one of the most remarkable books that the literature...moral precepts are worthy of Christianity itself" (Sir Monier- Williams, "Hinduism," 54; "Indian Wisdom," 204). Its twelve chapters do contain some wise...