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
... particular school to explain and 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 ...
... particular school to explain and 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 ...
Page xii
... particular parts of the Vedas are designated , do not prove those sages to have been their authors , but merely the teachers who studied and handed them down ; while none of the names occurring in the Veda are those of temporal beings ...
... particular parts of the Vedas are designated , do not prove those sages to have been their authors , but merely the teachers who studied and handed them down ; while none of the names occurring in the Veda are those of temporal beings ...
Page xiv
... particular sages , proves no more than that these recensions were studied by those sages , and affords no ground for questioning the eternity of the Vedas , - an eternity which is proved by the fact of our recogniz- ing letters when we ...
... particular sages , proves no more than that these recensions were studied by those sages , and affords no ground for questioning the eternity of the Vedas , - an eternity which is proved by the fact of our recogniz- ing letters when we ...
Page xviii
... 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 quoted one of the Vai- śeshika Sutras , with some passages ...
... 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 quoted one of the Vai- śeshika Sutras , with some passages ...
Page xxv
... particular , by the goddess of speech , or by some other or others of the different deities of the Vedic pantheon . To illustrate , and render more intel- ligible and probable , the opinions which I have ascribed to the old Indian ...
... particular , by the goddess of speech , or by some other or others of the different deities of the Vedic pantheon . To illustrate , and render more intel- ligible and probable , the opinions which I have ascribed to the old Indian ...
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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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