Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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... Vedas - The Puranas - Mahabarat and Ramayana - Amo- rous Poems - Metaphysical Works - Fable or Apologue - Modern Writings - Study of English Literature - Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles - Bards - Princesses - Infanticide ...
... Vedas - The Puranas - Mahabarat and Ramayana - Amo- rous Poems - Metaphysical Works - Fable or Apologue - Modern Writings - Study of English Literature - Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles - Bards - Princesses - Infanticide ...
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... Vedas , from Sir William Jones's translation . " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun , the Godhead , who illuminates all , who recreates all , from whom all proceed , to whom all must return , whom we invoke to direct our ...
... Vedas , from Sir William Jones's translation . " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun , the Godhead , who illuminates all , who recreates all , from whom all proceed , to whom all must return , whom we invoke to direct our ...
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... Vedas , the Puranas , and the Mahabarat as constituting really new systems , since , amid the veneration expressed for the ancient doctrines and modes of worship , they introduce others essentially different . Zealots in general select ...
... Vedas , the Puranas , and the Mahabarat as constituting really new systems , since , amid the veneration expressed for the ancient doctrines and modes of worship , they introduce others essentially different . Zealots in general select ...
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... Vedas - The Puranas - Mahabarat and Ramayana - Amo- rous Poems - Metaphysical Works - Fable or Apologue - Modern Writings - Study of English Literature - Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles -- Bards - Princesses ...
... Vedas - The Puranas - Mahabarat and Ramayana - Amo- rous Poems - Metaphysical Works - Fable or Apologue - Modern Writings - Study of English Literature - Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles -- Bards - Princesses ...
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... Vedas , the most ancient and revered depository of divine knowledge . Their only hope of emerging from contempt is by profound homage , lavish gifts , and menial services to the sacred caste . By such actions the Sudra may raise himself ...
... Vedas , the most ancient and revered depository of divine knowledge . Their only hope of emerging from contempt is by profound homage , lavish gifts , and menial services to the sacred caste . By such actions the Sudra may raise himself ...
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