Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: Inquiry whether the Hindus are of trans-Himalayan origin, and akin to the western branches of the Indo-European race. 3d ed. 1874John Muir Trübner, 1874 |
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... spoken by the ancestors of the Hindus . This I have attempted to do in the First Chapter ( pp . 4-214 ) , by showing in detail that the original Sanskrit idiom has undergone a long series of gradual mutations , of which we now see the ...
... spoken by the ancestors of the Hindus . This I have attempted to do in the First Chapter ( pp . 4-214 ) , by showing in detail that the original Sanskrit idiom has undergone a long series of gradual mutations , of which we now see the ...
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... spoken dialects , at least from the commencement of the Christian era , until they became merged in the modern vernaculars ; ( 2 ) the Pāli , or sacred language of the Buddhist books of Ceylon and Burmah , which appears to represent one ...
... spoken dialects , at least from the commencement of the Christian era , until they became merged in the modern vernaculars ; ( 2 ) the Pāli , or sacred language of the Buddhist books of Ceylon and Burmah , which appears to represent one ...
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... spoken tongue , it must in its earlier stages have been exposed to all the mutations to which all spoken languages are subject . That such has actually been the case , is clear from a comparison of the oldest Sanskrit , that of the ...
... spoken tongue , it must in its earlier stages have been exposed to all the mutations to which all spoken languages are subject . That such has actually been the case , is clear from a comparison of the oldest Sanskrit , that of the ...
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... spoken language , and consequently liable , like all other spoken languages , to continual mutations in its earliest ages , and having by this means paved the way for proving that it is descended from one common mother with the ancient ...
... spoken language , and consequently liable , like all other spoken languages , to continual mutations in its earliest ages , and having by this means paved the way for proving that it is descended from one common mother with the ancient ...
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... spoken . Section i . ( pp . 359-369 ) contains a selection of passages from the Rigveda , in which the Aryas and the Dasyus are distinguished from one another , and reference is made to the enmity exist- ing between the two . In most ...
... spoken . Section i . ( pp . 359-369 ) contains a selection of passages from the Rigveda , in which the Aryas and the Dasyus are distinguished from one another , and reference is made to the enmity exist- ing between the two . In most ...
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