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 First
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Image 41 of Part First A a Al t Vn ah od SECT VII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 23 houses and construct villages and cities for shelter and to practise agri culture for their support After deseribing…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 42 of Part First 18 eee agree onion a gu 24 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I by both passion and darkness témis and those who sprang from his feet by darkness In the sequel…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 43 of Part First i SB ont ent ves r of ga hey y in fer nly efer ally edi ated N SECT VII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 25 tating intensely was produced mindborn offspring with…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 44 of Part First 26 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHA 1 stant causes of creation 4 and in chapter oth their descendants are recounted some being divine and others apparently human See on these genealogies…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 45 of Part First SECT VIII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES Q7 spring inferior and superior two footed and four footed No human beings however are specified as the result of this creation but it is said…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 46 of Part First 28 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I p xxi In fact there is in several places such a want of sequence and coherence between the topics that it appears as if…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 47 of Part First AY wv SECT VIII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 29 and every where the objects which they desired sprang up when thought of from the earth full of relish With unadorned bodies they…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 48 of Part First 30 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I who become perfect by works connected with castes orders and observ ances 5 At length in the Treta after the lapse of a long…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 49 of Part First ok ea ae T BT t SECT VIII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 31 who formerly were feeble engaged in the work of Vaisyas husbandmen destroyers of the earth active are called Vaisyas…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 50 of Part First i 1 i if 32 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF cHAP 1 on we find it said that when this distribution of castes and orders had heen made and the creatures composing…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 51 of Part First Bhi Av _ _ Fb FD SECT IX THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 33 several sets of primeval pairs had existed in them and in their descendants but in a latent or dormant…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 52 of Part First 34 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I then enquires Tell me Vayu whose should the earth with its wealth rightfully be the Brahmans or the Kshatriyas Vayu replies Whatever exists in…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 53 of Part First a SECT X THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 35 Kshatriya age Vaigampayana answers Those Munis of the size of a thumb being absorbed by the suns rays when their glory had been fulfilled…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 54 of Part First Aatpmeeranen ee os re en disgree nt mimiom as ou STS 36 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP 1 I shall add another passage from a preceding part of the same work…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 55 of Part First Ll rv SECT XI THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 37 Vedangas Upanishads and ceremonies are formed of his essence The mystical character of this narrative is too obvious to require any com ment…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 56 of Part First 38 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I Indische Alterthumskunde I 4846 and 4889 A work so vast could scarcely have been the result of any other process And some such ex…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 57 of Part First gs ont is ose re fell not rice to of _ Tr SECT XI THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 39 work fell into the position of Stdras Being thus separated by these their…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 58 of Part First oo ecenRRRRERE esse ne ee 40 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP I 6e man The meaning of the last sentence is not very apparent Is it intended to intimate that the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 59 of Part First a tH e LO TLE SECT XII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 4 own grovelling character while the Brahman will seldom realize his own high ideal But if so the tendency to sink…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 60 of Part First Se ee 42 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF CHAP 1 Energetic magnanimous righteous veracious beautiful well formed powerful bowbearing heroic eminently warlike Kshatriyas are born In the Tréeta all kings are Kshatriyas…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 61 of Part First he nt es al he SECT XIII THE ORIGIN OF CASTES 43 character of the original Vedic text disappears and the castes are repre sented as if literally produced from the several…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 62 of Part First a a 44 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF cHAP 11 CHAPTER I LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF CASTE I proceED to notice some passages in the Puranas or the different portions of the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 63 of Part First 1 _ SECT I THE ORIGIN OF CASTE AS the names of Manus sons and of the story of Ila are given See also Burnoufs Bhagivita Vol III preface pp Lxx et…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 64 of Part First a er A a RONNIE Aaa vee aea ret meme se oa OT 46 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP IL was Nabhaga who the Vishnu Purana says was son of Nedistha and became…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 65 of Part First re of r S eetiedielmeetenneee is SECT I THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 47 thought not warranted by the memorial verse cited in our text The verse in question however is the same…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 66 of Part First ve seae desqreemtionimion ss on SEE 48 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP I of the Xth Mandala The Rajairshi or royal sage Pratardana is also said to be the author of the 96th…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 67 of Part First SECT II THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 49 ie that which is the seed of all words and there was only one god Narayina and there was only one fire that for common…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 68 of Part First ee ne 50 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP IT The sons of the latter were Brahmans Kshatriyas and Vaisyas 7 The Bhagavata Purana has the following notice of Kshatravriddhas descendants Suhotra son of…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 69 of Part First SECT 11 THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 51 the renowned Vitihivya the royal Rishi attained the rarelyattainable state of Brahmanhood venerated by mankind Divédasa king of Kasi Benares was attacked by the sons…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 70 of Part First ne ee 5g LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP if According to the enumeration of Gritsamadas family here given Sunaka was his descendant in the 12th generation and Saunaka in the 13th Thus by…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 71 of Part First SECT 11 THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 53 second passage is in the 32d Section and may also be quoted as it adds Sadras to the other three classes The warrior Satyakétu was…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 72 of Part First Se ne ee 54 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP II says The descendants of Ajamidha were Priyamédha and other Brah mans 38 The Vishnu P also mentions another descendant of Aja midha in…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 73 of Part First SECT II THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 55 In the line of the same ancestor Tansu brother of Apratiratha we find in the 6th generation Girga of whom the Vishnu Pur relates From…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 74 of Part First Wa seneiegrent sinensis 56 LEGENDARY ACCOUNTS OF CHAP 11 The Hirivins has the following version of the same legend From Phena ee sprang Siitipis and the son of Sutapas was Bali This…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 75 of Part First im SECT II THE ORIGIN OF CASTE 57 stock The European critic can have no difficulty in receiving these obscure accounts as true in their literal sense though the absence of precise…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 76 of Part First ieiancisguhewtatiedenicyn on 58 EARLY CONTESTS BETWEEN CHAP IIL story of a conversation in a cottage between Vigswamitra and a Chandala At the junction of the Treta and Dwapara there happened according to…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 77 of Part First in 1 ts ied SECT I THE BRAHMANS AND KSHATRIYAS 59 kingly power Kiivéra the lordship of wealth and the son of Gadhi Brahmanhood On the last line the commentator Kiilliika Bhatta…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 78 of Part First 60 EARLY CONTESTS BETWEEN CHAP II Secr I1Legend of Vena A prince of this name is mentioned in various hymns of the Rig Veda In the roth verse of the 9th hymn…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 79 of Part First of f h or hi he ds ul say us C al aS wna the the are nu her SECT II THE BRAHMANS AND KSHATRIYAS 61 born This daughters son of Mrityu…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 80 of Part First 62 EARLY CONTESTS BETWEEN CHAP II Vena who had left no progeny to produce a son From his thigh when rubbed there sprang a man like a charred log with flattened face…- 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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