Book/Printed Material Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and progress of the religion and institutions of India; collected, tr. into English, and illustrated by notes. Chiefly for the use of students and others in India Part Second
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Image 1 of Part Second LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IMI MTMNIN 00017186413 e Ser aaa arerase- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 5 of Part Second SANSKRIT TEXTS ON THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF INDIA- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 6 of Part Second P Pe Bg ae P mee Reyer Pavar 0 av pH yryvackwper BapBapikdv Tod evar én mev duv tows av Te TH adnbeta kat ToLovTOV duty in 68 Kav dmd TadatdTHTOS TA…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 7 of Part Second ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXTS ON THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE PHROPLE OF INDIA THEIR RELIGION AND INSTITUTIONS COLLECTED TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND ILLUSTRATED BY REMARKS cureriy FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS AND…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 8 of Part Second LONDON PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO NEWSTREET SQUARE- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 9 of Part Second Ww DX PREFACE My primary object i this volume as in its predecessor has been to produce a work which may assist the re searches of those Hindus who desire to investigate…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 10 of Part Second a ee al PREFACE ginal matter to the discussion of some of the interesting topics which have come under review The obligations under which I lie to the different authors whose labours…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 11 of Part Second PREFACE Vil immigrated into that country from Central Asia where their ancestors at one time formed one community with the progenitors of the Persians Greeks Romans Germans e In order to establish…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 12 of Part Second Vill PREFACE tracts the probability that they did not grow up in India alongside of these alien tribes acquires additional force In order to obtain a basis for carrying out the philologi…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 13 of Part Second the modern vernaculars 2 the Pali or sacred language of the Buddhist books of Ceylon and Burmah which appears to represent one of the provincial dialects of northern India existing at the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 14 of Part Second x PREFACE older the form is in which we find it existing the nearer it approaches to the Sanskrit in its words and its eram matical inflectionsit must at some period a…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 15 of Part Second PREFACE XI Indian writings and with this view to ascend by gradual steps from the most recent commentaries on the Veda through the Nirukta the Brahmanas e to the hymn collections pointing…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 16 of Part Second XU PREFACE Having thus shown cause for believing that Sanskrit the original speech of the early Hindus or IndoArians was at one time a spoken language and consequently liable like all other…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 17 of Part Second PREFACE Xlll has scarcely any to Arabic and by some other particu lars Section ii pp 233277 supplies detailed evidence of the affinities of Sanskrit with the Zend Greek and Latin consisting…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 18 of Part Second X1V PREFACE entirely from the Indian Prakrits which have evidently resulted from the decomposition of Sanskrit and that they even contain various forms which are older than those of the Sanskrit while…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 19 of Part Second PREFACE XV numerous coincidences which are discoverable between the early mythologies of the two peoples of which some details are adduced From this more intimate affinity between the Indians and Persians independent…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 20 of Part Second XV1 PREFACE and religion of India as the sources from which those of all the other kindred races issued Professor Spiegel maintains that the Iranian language and mythology though owning a common…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 21 of Part Second PREFACE XVil Schlegel and Lassen on the other hand are of opinion that they must have penetrated into India from the west by the route of Kabul and across the Indus Roth…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 22 of Part Second Xvlul PREFACE Aryas and the Dasyus are distinguished from one another and reference is made to the enmity existing between the two In most of these passages it appears human enemies and…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 23 of Part Second PREFACE xX1X legend from the Satapathabrahmana which narrates how the sacred fire typifying of course the sacrificial rites of the Brahmans travelled from the neighbourhood of the Sarasvati eastward across the River…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 24 of Part Second aes See ee XX PREFACE of southern India by the Brahmans they have received a large infusion of Sanskrit words are nevertheless origi nally and fundamentally quite distinct from and indepen dent…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 25 of Part Second PREFACE xx Corrections pp 488495 contain some further illustra tions of the subjects discussed in the body of the work and in a few cases supply some modifications of the text which…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 26 of Part Second XX PREFACE volume has only now come into my hands as the last sheet containing part of the Appendix and the Addi tions and Corrections is passing through the press The results…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 27 of Part Second PAGES CONTENTS ixx PREFACE 13 Puan or THE PRESENT Part 4A223 Cuapter I Tue Lancauaces or Nortruern InpIA THEIR His 410 1143 4352 5365 TORY AND RELATIONS Sect I The northIndian dialects…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 28 of Part Second XXIV PAGES 169223 226232 23383277 277281 281285 285298 298304 304322 323339 339344 344354 CONTENTS Sect X Various ages of Sanskrit literature and the different forms in which they exhibit the Sanskrit language…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 29 of Part Second PAGES 354372 CONTENTS Sect XI The immigration of the IndoArians from the north west rendered probable by the tenor of the Vedic hymns Cuaprer III Tar Arians in InpviA THEIR ADVANCE TO…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 31 of Part Second XTS a 4 TH it j Laden oe aa as h MA 2 if o at gD ORIGINAL- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 33 of Part Second ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXTS PART SECOND PLAN OF THE PRESENT PART HItTHERTO I have merely sought to bring together the ac counts given in the Sanskrit authorities especially the Itihasas and Puranas relative…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 34 of Part Second WTR SO Et oo reer Ts 2 PLAN OF THE PRESENT PART travelled towards Hindusthan where their original religious sys tem was gradually modified and the system of castes and other institutions…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 35 of Part Second PLAN OF THE PRESENT PART 3 sections showing how the spoken Sanskrit became gradually broken down and corrupted into the Pali and Prakrits of bye gone centuries till it ultimately took the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 36 of Part Second HISTORY AND RELATIONS OF CHAPTER I THE LANGUAGES OF NORTHERN INDIA THEIR HISTORY AND RELATIONS Sucr LThe NorthIndian Dialects Ancient and Modern A survey of thelanguages of Northern India reveals to us…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 37 of Part Second sect 1 THE LANGUAGES OF NORTHERN INDIA 5 flour chatdz a mat and a multitude of other instances Fourthly words derived from Arabic Persian or some other foreign lan guage as ddmi…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 38 of Part Second 6 HISTORY AND RELATIONS OF CHAP Ie In the preface to the popular Urdu book the Bagh o Bahar we have the following account by the author Mir Amman of Dehli who…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 39 of Part Second sucr 1 THE LANGUAGES OF NORTHERN INDIA 7 and Musulmans took place At length Amir Taimir conquered Hindustan In consequence of his arrival and re sidence the bazir of the army was…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 40 of Part Second ot i gerunt eer ae omicicanall a 22 PE a Saener2 8 HISTORY AND RELATIONS OF oHap 3 they have existed for at least 850 years Butit is sufficient for my purpose…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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About this Item
Title
- Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and progress of the religion and institutions of India; collected, tr. into English, and illustrated by notes. Chiefly for the use of students and others in India
Names
- Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882, editor, translator
Created / Published
- London, Edinburgh, Williams and Norgate, 1858-
Contents
- pt. 1. The mythical and legendary accounts of caste.--pt. 2. The Trans-Himalayan origin of the Hindus, and their affinity with the western branches of the Arian race.--pt. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors, and of later Indian writers, in regard to their origin, inspiration, and authority.--pt. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities.
Headings
- - Brahmanism
- - Caste--India
- - Vedas
- - Sanskrit literature
- - Indo-Aryans
- - Hinduism
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- v. 22 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- DS425 .M9
Library of Congress Control Number
- 05009795
OCLC Number
- 4390555
Online Format
- online text
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