The Upanishads: The Khândogya-upanishadClarendon Press, 1879 |
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Page ix
... sound and simple moral teaching , will be disappointed on consulting these volumes . Looking at many of the books that have lately been published on the religions of the ancient world , I do not wonder that such a belief should have ...
... sound and simple moral teaching , will be disappointed on consulting these volumes . Looking at many of the books that have lately been published on the religions of the ancient world , I do not wonder that such a belief should have ...
Page xxv
... sound to us more physical than metaphysical , still the descrip- tion given of ether or âkâsa , shows that more is meant by it than the physical ether , and that ether is in fact one of the earlier and less perfect SACRED BOOKS OF THE ...
... sound to us more physical than metaphysical , still the descrip- tion given of ether or âkâsa , shows that more is meant by it than the physical ether , and that ether is in fact one of the earlier and less perfect SACRED BOOKS OF THE ...
Page xxviii
... sound foreign , with combinations of nouns and adjectives such as he has never seen before , with sentences that seem too long or too abrupt , let him feel sure that the translator has had to deal with a choice of evils , and that when ...
... sound foreign , with combinations of nouns and adjectives such as he has never seen before , with sentences that seem too long or too abrupt , let him feel sure that the translator has had to deal with a choice of evils , and that when ...
Page xxix
... sounds strange in English to use self , and in the plural selfs instead of selves ; but that very strangeness is useful , for while such words as soul and mind and spirit pass over us unrealised , self and selfs will always ruffle the ...
... sounds strange in English to use self , and in the plural selfs instead of selves ; but that very strangeness is useful , for while such words as soul and mind and spirit pass over us unrealised , self and selfs will always ruffle the ...
Page xxxvi
... sounds strange to English ears , but as the thoughts contained in the Upanishads are strange , it would be wrong to smoothe down their strangeness by clothing them in language familiar to us , which , because it is familiar , will fail ...
... sounds strange to English ears , but as the thoughts contained in the Upanishads are strange , it would be wrong to smoothe down their strangeness by clothing them in language familiar to us , which , because it is familiar , will fail ...
Common terms and phrases
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