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Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India Their Religion and Institutions Vol 3 - Classic Reprint Author:J. Muir OriNIOJS'S REGARDING THE ORIGIN, DIVISION, INSPIRATION, AND AUTHORITY" OF THE. VEDAS, HELD BY INDIAN AUTHORS SHORTLY BEFORE, OR SUBSEQUENT TO, THE COLLECTION ¿¿ THE HYMNS OF THE RIG-VED A. . — Ik the preceding volumes of this work1 I havo furnished a general account of the ancient Indian writings, which are comprehcoded under the designation of V... more »eda or S'rúti. These works, which, aa we hare seen, constitute the carjiedt literature of the Hindus, are broadly dm-siblc into two classes^: (1) The Mantras or hymns, in which the praises of the gods are celebrated and their blessing is invoked; (2) the Brahmanes, which embrace (¿) the liturgical institutes in. which the ceremonial application of these hymns is dcclarcó^the various rites of sacrifice are prescribed, and the origin and hidden import of the different forms ¿¿ explained, and (b) the Araayakas,* and UpaDishads (called alao Vcdantas, i.e. concluding portions of the Vedas), which in part possess the e
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V-Xiviii PllEFACE; 1-217 CIEArTER I OriNioFs beqahdikg the Okigdt, Drvisioy, iKapiBAiiost, aiu) Acihoiuty of the Vedas, held by Indian; AoiIIOES SnOBILy lefoke, or SUBSEQUENT 10, THE OOlLEOirOK of THE HrSOs-g of the BjO-TBDA; 3-10 Seci I Origin of tho Ycdas according to the Purusha-sukta, tho Athaxva-vcda, the Brahmanas, Upanishads, and Institutes of ifonu; 10-14 Sect II Origin of the Vedas according to tho Yishnu, Bha-garata, and Atarkandeya Puranas, the Harivaihsa, the ITa-hfibharata ; eternity of tho Voda; miscellaneous statements regarding it; H-18 Sect III Passages of the Brahmanas and other works in which the Yedas are spoken of as being the sources of all things, and as infinite and eternal; 18-36 Sect IV Passages from the S'atapatha Brahnmnn and Manu eulogistic of tho Yoda, with sowo statements of a different teix>r from ilanu and othor writers; 36-49 Sect V Division of the Yedas, according to« less