Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority. 2d ed., rev. and enl. (2d impression) 1873John Muir Trübner, 1873 |
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... creation of four separate tribes , as an original and essen- tial article of the Brahmanical creed ; and having en- deavoured to prove , in the Second Volume , by a variety of arguments , drawn chiefly from comparative philology and ...
... creation of four separate tribes , as an original and essen- tial article of the Brahmanical creed ; and having en- deavoured to prove , in the Second Volume , by a variety of arguments , drawn chiefly from comparative philology and ...
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... creation ; several from the Harivam̃śa , which speak of the Vedas as created by Brahma , or as produced from the Gayatri ; another from the Mahabharata , which describes them as created by Vishnu , or as having Sarasvati for their ...
... creation ; several from the Harivam̃śa , which speak of the Vedas as created by Brahma , or as produced from the Gayatri ; another from the Mahabharata , which describes them as created by Vishnu , or as having Sarasvati for their ...
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... authority . This eternity of the Veda , however , he appears to interpret as not being absolute , but as dating from the first creation , when it was produced from Brahmā , though , as he is free from defects , the PREFACE . xi.
... authority . This eternity of the Veda , however , he appears to interpret as not being absolute , but as dating from the first creation , when it was produced from Brahmā , though , as he is free from defects , the PREFACE . xi.
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... created objects which they denote , since eternal words could not have an eternal connection with non - eternal ... creation everything is produced exactly the same as it had previously been . I then pro- ceed in p . 105 to adduce a ...
... created objects which they denote , since eternal words could not have an eternal connection with non - eternal ... creation everything is produced exactly the same as it had previously been . I then pro- ceed in p . 105 to adduce a ...
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... creation and dissolution of the universe . In opposition to the tenets of the Mīmānsakas , who hold the eternity ( or the eternal self - existence ) of the Veda , and to the dogmas of the Vedanta , as just ex- pounded , Gotama , the ...
... creation and dissolution of the universe . In opposition to the tenets of the Mīmānsakas , who hold the eternity ( or the eternal self - existence ) of the Veda , and to the dogmas of the Vedanta , as just ex- pounded , Gotama , the ...
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adduce æther Agni āha ancient Angiras aphorism asya ataḥ ātmā ayam bhavati Brahma Sūtras Brāhmaṇa cloth commentary Crown 8vo Darśanas declared deities Demy 8vo divine doctrine Edited English etad eternal evam existence F. J. FURNIVALL gods GRAMMAR hymns idam Indian Indra Isvara iti chet Itihāsas ity arthaḥ ityādi Jaimini Kapila katham knowledge LANGUAGE Mahābhārata manasā mantras Manu means Mīmānsakas na cha naḥ nāma Nirukta Nyaya objects omniscient origin param passage persons Pradhana praises prāmānyam prayer Prof Professor Purana Purusha quoted reference regard Rig-veda rishis sacred sacrifice sages Sama-veda Sankara Sankhya Sanskrit sense sewed Smriti Soma soul sound śruti Sutra tasmād tasya tathā tatra tena thee thou Translated Trübner's Oriental Series uchyate uktam Upanishads uttered Veda vedāḥ Vedanta vedasya Vedic verses viii Vishnu words yaḥ Yajur-veda Yajush yathā
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