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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and Institutions of India; Collected Translated into English and Illustrated by Notes Chiefly for the Use of Students and Others in India

1848

I shall next endeavour to exhibit by citations from the Brahmans and other writings growing immediately out of the Vedic hymns and from the still later mythological poems and other works the development of the caste system ; the growth of the popular religion the decline in the reverence paid to the ancient deities of the Vedas and the incipient and progressive popularity of varidhs new divi [...] REszav mu for determination at some future stage of this w3rk such quetions as that of the proper weight attaching to the testimony cf the Puranas and their relations to the Vedas (which are admitted by all the adherents of the Hindu system to be the primary and infallible authority.) according to the decision of the most exact and scientific of the Indian authors —I will assume for the pres [...] The sun is the eye; the wind the breath; the fire " under the name Vaigivinar the open month; the year the body of the sacrificial horse. [...] The " earth is its fuel; fire the smoke ; night the flame ; the moon the coals ; " the stars the sparks. [...] 1. was in the form of Agni (fire) among the gods as Brithma ; he was the Brahmana among men in the form of the Kshattriya Kshattriya in the " form of Vaiiiya Vaitiya in the form of Mika Mrs.
philosophy religion
Pages
216
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141930
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-ix J. Muir view
Plan of the Work
1-4 unknown view
Chapter I. Texts on the General Theory of the Origin of Castes
5-43 unknown view
Chapter II. Legendary Accounts of the Origin of Caste
44-58 unknown view
Chapter III. Early Contests Between the Brahmans and Kshatriyas
58-174 unknown view
Chapter IV. Relation of the Brahmanical Indians to the Neighbouring Tribes According to Manu and the Puranas
174-183 unknown view
Chapter V. Relation of the Brahmanical Indians to the Neighbouring Tribes According to Manu and the Puranas
183-195 unknown view
Appendix
196-204 unknown view

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