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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Page vii
... hymns , and ( 2 ) of the authors of the Upanishads , which , though works of a much more recent date , and for the most part of a different character from the hymns , are yet regarded by later Indian writers as forming , equally with ...
... hymns , and ( 2 ) of the authors of the Upanishads , which , though works of a much more recent date , and for the most part of a different character from the hymns , are yet regarded by later Indian writers as forming , equally with ...
Page xii
... no author of the Veda is remembered , I have noticed here that the supposition which an objector might urge , that the rishis , the acknowledged utterers of the hymns , might also have been their authors , is guarded against xii PREFACE .
... no author of the Veda is remembered , I have noticed here that the supposition which an objector might urge , that the rishis , the acknowledged utterers of the hymns , might also have been their authors , is guarded against xii PREFACE .
Page xxiv
... hymns . Its object is to shew in detail that , though some at least of the rishis appear to have imagined themselves to be inspired by the gods in the expression of their religious emotions and ideas , they at the same time regarded the ...
... hymns . Its object is to shew in detail that , though some at least of the rishis appear to have imagined themselves to be inspired by the gods in the expression of their religious emotions and ideas , they at the same time regarded the ...
Page xxv
... hymns , con- sidered , on the one hand , as their own productions , and , on the other , as inspired by the gods . Then follow ( pp . 275-279 ) some further texts from the Rig - veda , in which a mystical , magical , or supernatural ...
... hymns , con- sidered , on the one hand , as their own productions , and , on the other , as inspired by the gods . Then follow ( pp . 275-279 ) some further texts from the Rig - veda , in which a mystical , magical , or supernatural ...
Page xxix
... HYMNS OF THE RIG - VEDA . 3-10 . SECT . I. Origin of the Vedas according to the Purusha - sukta , the Atharva - veda , the Brahmanas , Upanishads , and Insti- tutes of Manu . 10-14 . SECT . II . Origin of the Vedas according to the ...
... HYMNS OF THE RIG - VEDA . 3-10 . SECT . I. Origin of the Vedas according to the Purusha - sukta , the Atharva - veda , the Brahmanas , Upanishads , and Insti- tutes of Manu . 10-14 . SECT . II . Origin of the Vedas according to the ...
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adduce ĉther 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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