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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India Their Religion and Institutions

1873

hts reserved.)"AliiitET' 1 FEINTED BY STEPHEN ALPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.* THE object which I have had in view in the present Volume is to compare the representations which are given of the Indian deities Brahmii Vishnu and Rudra and of the goddess Ambik5 in the Vedic hymns and Briihmanas with the acconnts which we find in the legendary poems called Itilnisas and ruriinas and to show s [...] In pursuance of this design I propose to collect in the present volume the most important texts regarding the origin of the universe and the characters of the three principal Indian gods which occur in the Vedic hymns and Brähmanas and to compare these passages with the later narratives and popular speculations on the same subjects which are to be found in the Mahithhfirata the Riimilyana an [...] He renders the former verse thus : "Yis'vakarman wise and mighty in act is the creator the orderer and the highest image [for the spiritual faculty;' That which men desire is the attainment.of good in the world where the One Being dwells beyond the seven rishis:' He then proceeds to observe: "Vigvakarman who is no mythological personage but the 'creator of all things ' and who in the Vdjasan [...] Among them were the victims the sacrificial posts the Kula grass; they formed the sacrificial ground and the seamons.with their various qualities! The utensils the grains the unctuous substances the flavours the metals the t arths the water the verses of the Rich the '1ajush and the Saman the functions of the four priests the names [ofihe rites] the texts the"RIGVEDA x. 72; BR [...] 11 gifts the vows the list of deities the ritual rules the designs the forms the arrangements the meditations the expiation the dedcation —all these essentials of sacrifice were derived by me from the members of Purusha.

philosophy religion
Pages
538
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141973
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xiv J. Muir view
Plan of the Present Volume
1-2 unknown view
Chapter I. Texts from the Vedic Hymns Brahmanas A D Puranas Etc. Relating to the Creation of the Universe and to the Deities Visvakarman Brahmanaspati Daksha Aditi Hiranyagarbha Skambha Prajapati Purusha Narayana Brahma Etc.
3-62 unknown view
Chapter II. Vishnu as Represented in the Vedic Hymns the Brahmanas the Itihasas and the Puranas
63-298 unknown view
Chapter III. Rudra and Mahadeva as Represented in the Vedichymns and the Brahmanas
299-438 unknown view
Appendix
439-501 unknown view
Additional Notes and Corrections
502-508 unknown view
Index
509-524 unknown view

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