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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India Their Religion and Institutions Vol 1 - Classic Reprint Author:J. Muir I pbopûse in the present volumo to give, some account of the traditions, logonds, and mythical narratives which the different classes of ancient Indian writings contain regardiug the origin of mankind, and the classes or castes into which the Hindus have long heen distributed. In 'order to ascertain whether the opinions which havo prevailed in I... more »ndia on theso subjects have continued fixed and uniform from the earliest period, ox1 whether they have varied from age to age, and if so, what modifications they have undergone, it is necessary that wc should first of all determine tho chronological order of the various works from which our information is to he drawn. This task of classification can, as far as regards its groat outlines, be easily accomplished. Although wo cannot discover sufiiciont grounds for fixing with any precision the dates of these different books, we are perfectly able to settle the order in which the most important of those winch are to form the oasis of this investig
Table of Contents
v-xri PREFACE 1-6 INTRODUCTION, containing ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ subyky of; the s0uecfs of information; 7-160 CHAPTER I-MïTmcAi accounts op thk cbeatton of; MAJf, anï) of ¿¿¿ orioin of the pour castes; 7- 15 Sect I Ninetieth hymn of the tenth Book of the Rig-veda Sanhitâ, called Purusha-Sukta, or the hymn to Purusha; 15- J6 Sect II Quotation from the TaLttirïya Sanhità, vii 1, I, 4 ff; 17- 22 Sect III Citations from the S'atapatha Brahmana, the Taitlifîya Brahma ¿ a, the Vâyasaneyi Sanhita, and the Athurva-vcda; 22- 34 Sect IV Further quotations frora the Taittiriya Brah-mana, Sanhità, and Aranyaka, and from the S'atapatha Brâhmana; 35- 42 Skct V Manu's account of the origin of castes; 43- 49 Sect VI Account of tho system of yugas, manvantaras,; and kalpas, according to the Vishnu Puranu and other; authorities; 49- 7S Seci V« less