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The Hindu Philosophy

1902

The birth if the Hindu Philosophy is in the holy Vedas.* Nay the origin and finality of all% Philosophies 'is in the holy and sacred Vedas.t c' The :V-das are four in number namely the Rig Veda the 'Nur Veda the Satan Veda and the Atbarva Veda. [...] It will be found that the germ of the nature and history of the soul the origin of virtue and the chief end of man which have engaged the attention of the wisest both of the East and the West from the down of civilization to the present day also lies dormant in the holy and sacred Vedas. [...] 3."20 THE HINDU PHILOSOPHY.' In one Hymn a great Rishi says:— * The soul which has gone afar to Yamn Vivaswat we bring back hither ( in this world ) to dwell and to live." In the verses that follow the soul is brought back from a great many other places such as the the heaven the earth the four quattera of the sky the ocean the waters the planets the sun the down the past the future & [...] Vv find in them the grand speculations on the origin of the Universe the nature of the Soul the Wanderings of transmigration the rewards and punishments for virtues the chief aim of man his final end and all those matters that have engaged the ° Mid X. 68. [...] Therefore the developments of the Hindu Philsophy the birth of which was in the Vedas are to be found in the Upanishads.t The Brahmanas and the Upanishads both are grand works in their own way.
philosophy religion
Pages
226
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142099
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Preface
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Part I. The Birth of the Hindu Philosophy
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Part II. The Philosophy of the Upanishads
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Part III. The Sankhya Philosophy
59-90 unknown view
Part IV. The Yoga Philosophy
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Part V. The Vaisasika Philosophy
125-166 unknown view
Part VII. The Mimansa Philosophy
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Part VIII. The Vedanta Philosophy
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Part IX. Hetorodox Philosophies
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