The Upanishads: The Khândogya-upanishadClarendon Press, 1879 |
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... ancient thought into modern speech . Readers who have been led to believe that the Vedas of the ancient Brahmans , the Avesta of the Zoroastrians , the Tripitaka of the Buddhists , the Kings of Confucius , or the Koran of Mohammed are ...
... ancient thought into modern speech . Readers who have been led to believe that the Vedas of the ancient Brahmans , the Avesta of the Zoroastrians , the Tripitaka of the Buddhists , the Kings of Confucius , or the Koran of Mohammed are ...
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ancient religions , and who have studied them from translations only , not from original documents , should have had eyes for their bright rather than for their dark sides . The former absorb all the attention of the student , the ...
ancient religions , and who have studied them from translations only , not from original documents , should have had eyes for their bright rather than for their dark sides . The former absorb all the attention of the student , the ...
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... ancient docu- ments , is , in his own way , as unfit for these studies as , from another side , the man who shrinks from copying and collating ancient MSS . , or toiling through volumes of tedious commentary . What we want here , as ...
... ancient docu- ments , is , in his own way , as unfit for these studies as , from another side , the man who shrinks from copying and collating ancient MSS . , or toiling through volumes of tedious commentary . What we want here , as ...
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... ancient sacred canons must always be extremely perplexing . I can account for it to a certain extent , though not entirely to my own satisfaction . Most of the ancient sacred books have been handed down by oral tradition xii PREFACE TO THE.
... ancient sacred canons must always be extremely perplexing . I can account for it to a certain extent , though not entirely to my own satisfaction . Most of the ancient sacred books have been handed down by oral tradition xii PREFACE TO THE.
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ancient sacred books have been handed down by oral tradition for many generations before they were consigned to writing . In an age when there was nothing corresponding to what we call literature , every saying , every proverb , every ...
ancient sacred books have been handed down by oral tradition for many generations before they were consigned to writing . In an age when there was nothing corresponding to what we call literature , every saying , every proverb , every ...
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adhyâya Âditya Agni Agnihotra ancient Anquetil Duperron Âranyaka Asuras Bâlâki becomes body Brahman Brâhmana Brihati called cattle CLARENDON PRESS Comm commentary commentator Crown 8vo deity Demy 8vo desires Devas earth English ether explained father FIFTH KHANDA fire foot of Brahman Gâyatrî glory of countenance gods heaven highest hinkâra Hiranyagarbha hymn immortal Indra Introduction and Notes KHANDA knowledge knows living M.A. Extra fcap M.A. Second Edition Mahâvrata Max Müller means meditates metre mind moon nidhana oblation obtains offspring OXFORD performed Pragâpati pragńâ Prâna breath prastâva pratihâra purusha recites replied Rig-veda Rishi Sacred Books sacrifice Sâma-veda Sâman Samhitâ Sankara Sanskrit Sâyana sense speech stiff covers stoma Sűdadohas Svarga syllables thou translation trikas Trishtubh true Udgâtri udgitha uktha Upanishad Vâyu Veda Vedic Verily Virâg W. W. Skeat word