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... ancient works which formed the foundation of the early religious belief of the Hindus . These are the Ṛgveda , the Samaveda , the Yajurveda , and the Atharvaveda ; and of these the Rgveda - so called because its Samhita or collection of ...
... ancient works which formed the foundation of the early religious belief of the Hindus . These are the Ṛgveda , the Samaveda , the Yajurveda , and the Atharvaveda ; and of these the Rgveda - so called because its Samhita or collection of ...
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... ancient and recent or modern Rșis or seers are spoken of , and there is other internal evidence that some hymns are ... ancient literature of which written records of an extensive scale have been handed down to us are these : -In the ...
... ancient and recent or modern Rșis or seers are spoken of , and there is other internal evidence that some hymns are ... ancient literature of which written records of an extensive scale have been handed down to us are these : -In the ...
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... ancient collections of hymns . . . . Here were required not only quite different qualifications for interpretation but also a greater freedom of judgment and a greater breadth of view and of historical intuitions . Freedom of judgment ...
... ancient collections of hymns . . . . Here were required not only quite different qualifications for interpretation but also a greater freedom of judgment and a greater breadth of view and of historical intuitions . Freedom of judgment ...
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... ancient poets . " Professor Benfey says : " Every one who has carefully studied the Indian interpretations is aware that absolutely no continuous tradition extending from the composition of the Veda to their explanation by Indian ...
... ancient poets . " Professor Benfey says : " Every one who has carefully studied the Indian interpretations is aware that absolutely no continuous tradition extending from the composition of the Veda to their explanation by Indian ...
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... Ancient Sanskrit Literature , Muir's Original Sanskrit Texts , and Weber's History of Indian Lite- rature ; or if a simpler and more popular exposition be required , to Mrs. Manning's India , Ancient and Medieval , or to Kaegi's Der ...
... Ancient Sanskrit Literature , Muir's Original Sanskrit Texts , and Weber's History of Indian Lite- rature ; or if a simpler and more popular exposition be required , to Mrs. Manning's India , Ancient and Medieval , or to Kaegi's Der ...
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