Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India: The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority. 2d ed., rev. and enl. (2d impression) 1873John Muir Trübner, 1873 - Brahmanism |
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... expression of their religious emotions and ideas , they at the same time regarded the hymns as their own com- positions , or as ( presumably ) the compositions of their fore- fathers , distinguishing between them as new and old , and ...
... expression of their religious emotions and ideas , they at the same time regarded the hymns as their own com- positions , or as ( presumably ) the compositions of their fore- fathers , distinguishing between them as new and old , and ...
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... expression to ideas of a speculative and mystical character which , though to some extent discoverable in the hymns and in the older portion of the Brahmanas , are much further matured , and assume a more exclusive importance , in these ...
... expression to ideas of a speculative and mystical character which , though to some extent discoverable in the hymns and in the older portion of the Brahmanas , are much further matured , and assume a more exclusive importance , in these ...
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... expressions in reference to the Vedas ( xii . 94 ff . ) : Pitri - deva - manushyānām vedaś chakshuḥ sanatanam | aśakyam chāpra- meyam cha veda - śāstram iti sthitiḥ | Yā veda - vāhyāḥ smṛitayo yāś cha kāścha kudṛishṭayaḥ | 26 sarvās tā ...
... expressions in reference to the Vedas ( xii . 94 ff . ) : Pitri - deva - manushyānām vedaś chakshuḥ sanatanam | aśakyam chāpra- meyam cha veda - śāstram iti sthitiḥ | Yā veda - vāhyāḥ smṛitayo yāś cha kāścha kudṛishṭayaḥ | 26 sarvās tā ...
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... expression , even of the highest authorities , which contradicted this opinion , had to be explained away . I am not in a position to state how this notion of impurity came to be attached to the Sama - veda . The passage perhaps ...
... expression , even of the highest authorities , which contradicted this opinion , had to be explained away . I am not in a position to state how this notion of impurity came to be attached to the Sama - veda . The passage perhaps ...
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... expressions in the S'atapatha Brahmana , were evidently dictated by a feeling of animosity against the ancient schools of the Adhvaryus , whose sacred texts we possess in the Taittiriya - veda , and from whom Yajnavalkya seceded in ...
... expressions in the S'atapatha Brahmana , were evidently dictated by a feeling of animosity against the ancient schools of the Adhvaryus , whose sacred texts we possess in the Taittiriya - veda , and from whom Yajnavalkya seceded in ...
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adduce æther Agni āha ancient Angiras aphorism asya ataḥ ātmā ayam bhavati Brahma Sūtras Brāhmaṇa cloth commentary Crown 8vo Darśanas declared deities Demy 8vo divine doctrine Edited English etad eternal evam existence F. J. FURNIVALL gods GRAMMAR hymns idam Indian Indra Isvara iti chet Itihāsas ity arthaḥ ityādi Jaimini Kapila katham knowledge LANGUAGE Mahābhārata manasā mantras Manu means Mīmānsakas na cha naḥ nāma Nirukta Nyaya objects omniscient origin param passage persons Pradhana praises prāmānyam prayer Prof Professor Purana Purusha quoted reference regard Rig-veda rishis sacred sacrifice sages Sama-veda Sankara Sankhya Sanskrit sense sewed Smriti Soma soul sound śruti Sutra tasmād tasya tathā tatra tena thee thou Translated Trübner's Oriental Series uchyate uktam Upanishads uttered Veda vedāḥ Vedanta vedasya Vedic verses viii Vishnu words yaḥ Yajur-veda Yajush yathā
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