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ablutions Abode of Bliss amongst ancient animal army body Brahma Brahmins called caste cause ceremonies chief mourner cloth crow darbha grass death deceased deity devotion divinities doctrine DUBOIS earth elephant evil fables father favour feast feet fire funeral giants give gods hand happiness head Hindu books holy honour husband idol India Indra Jains Kamsa kind king Krishna latter leaves lingam living magicians mantrams MAX MÜLLER means meditation metempsychosis Naraka never object offer ordeal penance penitent perfect performed person possess practised present princes puja punishment purified purohita pyre Rama religion religious render rice sacred sacrifices sannyasi sect Siva snake soul spirit Sudras Supreme Swarga temple thee thou Translated tree trial by ordeal Trimurti tulasi Vaikuntha Vanaprasthas Vedas victim virtue Vishnu whole widow wife women word worship yagnam Yama
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Page 732 - doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says : ' In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be
Page 732 - 8vo, cloth, ioi. 6d. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas contain the original treatises on which the Laws of Manu and other lawgivers were founded. [See also Vol. XIV.] VOL. ill. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by JAMES LEGGE. Part I. The Shû King, The Religious Portions of the Shih King, and The Hsiao King. 8vo, cloth,
Page 732 - 6d. Confucius was a collector of ancient traditions, not the founder of a new religion. As he lived in the sixth and fifth centuries BC his works are of unique interest for the study of Ethology. [See also Vols. XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIX, and XL.] VOL. IV. The Zend-Avesta. Translated by JAMES DARMESTETER. Part I. The Vendîdâd.
Page 530 - &c. Seven too is an uneven number, and all the uneven numbers are considered lucky. For example, take the famous Trimurti (Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva). Virgil also says :— ' Terna tibi haec primum triplici diversa colore Licia circumdo, terque haec altaría circum Effigiem duco: numero Deus impare
Page 3 - The Lotus of the true Law' a canonical book of the Northern Buddhists, translated from Sanskrit. There is a Chinese translation of this book which was finished as early as the year 286 AD VOL. XXII. Gaina-Sûtras. Translated from Prakrit by HERMANN JACOBI. Part I. The
Page 4 - 6d. These rules of Domestic Ceremonies describe the home life of the ancient Aryas with a completeness and accuracy unmatched in any other literature. Some of these rules have been incorporated in the ancient Law-books. VOL. XXX. The Grz'hya-Sutras, Rules of Vedic Domestic Ceremonies. Part II. Gobhila,
Page 2 - 6d. VOL. XVI. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by JAMES LEGGE. Part II. The Yî King. 8vo, cloth,
Page 3 - 6d. The religion of the Gainas was founded by a contemporary of Buddha. It still counts numerous adherents in India, while there are no Buddhists left in India proper. [See Vol. XLV.] VOL. xxill. The Zend-Avesta. Translated by JAMES DARMESTETER. Part II. The Sîrôzahs, Yajts, and
Page 490 - The offering to deceased fathers at the sraddha is the key to the Hindu law of inheritance. It furnishes the principal evidence of kinship, on which the title to participate in the patrimony is founded, no power of making wills being recognized in Manu, or any other authoritative code of Hindu Jurisprudence. . . . The
Page 4 - AND xxviii. The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by JAMES LEGGE. Parts III and IV. The Lì