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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... establish the early existence of the popular belief regarding the distinct 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 ...
... establish the early existence of the popular belief regarding the distinct 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 ...
Page vii
... establish the origin and authority of the Vedas on grounds conformable to its own fundamental dogmas , as well as to expound the doctrines of the sacred books in such a way as to har- monize with its own special tenets . The third class ...
... establish the origin and authority of the Vedas on grounds conformable to its own fundamental dogmas , as well as to expound the doctrines of the sacred books in such a way as to har- monize with its own special tenets . The third class ...
Page xiv
... established , that the Veda is unde- rived and authoritative . The question of the effect produced on the Vedas by the dissolutions of the world is noticed in some ex- tracts from Patanjali's Mahābhāshya and its commen- tators , which ...
... established , that the Veda is unde- rived and authoritative . The question of the effect produced on the Vedas by the dissolutions of the world is noticed in some ex- tracts from Patanjali's Mahābhāshya and its commen- tators , which ...
Page xvii
... establishing the superhuman origin of the Veda , though not its eternity in the proper sense , it being only meant , ac- cording to him ( as well as to Madhava ; see p . xi . ) , that the Veda is eternal in the same sense as the æther ...
... establishing the superhuman origin of the Veda , though not its eternity in the proper sense , it being only meant , ac- cording to him ( as well as to Madhava ; see p . xi . ) , that the Veda is eternal in the same sense as the æther ...
Page xviii
... establish this ; and that the appellations given to its particular śākhās or recensions , are derived from the names of those sages whose persons were assumed by Iśvara , when he uttered them at the creation . In pp . 125 ff . I have ...
... establish this ; and that the appellations given to its particular śākhās or recensions , are derived from the names of those sages whose persons were assumed by Iśvara , when he uttered them at the creation . In pp . 125 ff . I have ...
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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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