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Indian Civilization and Its Antiquity

1928

The comparative modernness of the language in which the Puranas and the Tantras were written does not justify the conclusion that they are of comparatively modern origin in as much as the language of the Tantras and the Puranas have been for obvious reasons revised from time to time and new facts introduced into this group of literature. [...] The habit of worshipping a phallic emblem was so deep-rooted in the minds of the common people of Europe that the cermonies connected with phalli worship are still observed in Viza (capital of the Thraci"PHALLISM 3 an kings of Greece)* by the Christians as well as the Gipsies of the locality who are of Indian origin. [...] The word "Mani" in the language of the Tantras means the Phallic emblem of Siva and "Padma" means the part of phallic image which is known in India to be the "Gouripatta." It appears from the above that there is still a very strange comingling of Buddhism and FIndusim in the religious practices of the people of Tibet and"PHALLISM 7 Bhuth.n. [...] There are of course a few doubful references to the Gipsies in some of the writings of the 8th or 9th century A. D. but we have not yet come across any definite mention of the Gipsies in the history of Europe prior to the i2th century A. D. which has therefore been considered by some of the European scholars to be the probable date of the entrance of the Gipsies into Europe. [...] At present our knowledge of the Gipsy dialects is far too scanty to warrant an exhaustive treament of the question and we shall have to wait for further materials before the final conclusion is arrived at ; but the materials already at our disposal will be sufficient to justify the assumption of the indebtedness of the Europeans to the Gipsies for the develppment of the former's language Let
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Pages
140
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.144261
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-xii Bhudeb Mookerji view
Chapter I Phallism and the Spread of Indian Culture
1-22 Bhudeb Mookerji view
Chapter II The Gipsies and the Spread of Indian Culture
23-45 Bhudeb Mookerji view
Chapter III Indian Chemistry and its Antiquity
46-100 Bhudeb Mookerji view
Chapter IV Words Borrowed from Sanskrit
101-118 Bhudeb Mookerji view
Appendix to Chapter III
119-122 Bhudeb Mookerji view
Rasa-Jala-Nidhi
1-6 Bhudeb Mookerji view

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