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... Vedas - Theology- Philosophy - Sects ...... of the Vedantas , Sanc'hyas , and Nyayas ...... 67 LETTER VI . Morals - Laws - Government - Usages 84 LETTER VII . Astronomy Astrology - Algebra - Divi- sions of Civil Time - LETTER VIII ...
... Vedas - Theology- Philosophy - Sects ...... of the Vedantas , Sanc'hyas , and Nyayas ...... 67 LETTER VI . Morals - Laws - Government - Usages 84 LETTER VII . Astronomy Astrology - Algebra - Divi- sions of Civil Time - LETTER VIII ...
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... Vedas , which explains obsolete words and unusual acceptations . The Prácrit language formerly included all the written dialects used in the common inter- course of life , and cultivated by men of letters ; but the term Prácrit is now ...
... Vedas , which explains obsolete words and unusual acceptations . The Prácrit language formerly included all the written dialects used in the common inter- course of life , and cultivated by men of letters ; but the term Prácrit is now ...
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... Vedas , or four sacred books of the Hindoos , and content myself at present with profaner poems . But , before I proceed , I must say one word of the Sanscrit prosody , which is said to be richer in variations of metre than any other ...
... Vedas , or four sacred books of the Hindoos , and content myself at present with profaner poems . But , before I proceed , I must say one word of the Sanscrit prosody , which is said to be richer in variations of metre than any other ...
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... Vedas , of which I propose hereafter to give you a particular account . The four following are the Upavedas , or treatises on medicine , music , war , and me- chanical arts . The six Angas treat of pronun- ciation , religious ceremonies ...
... Vedas , of which I propose hereafter to give you a particular account . The four following are the Upavedas , or treatises on medicine , music , war , and me- chanical arts . The six Angas treat of pronun- ciation , religious ceremonies ...
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... Vedas , Vedangas and sacred poems . But there are many treatises * It is supposed by some . to have taken its name of Nagari , from the city where it is said to have been invented ; but this is doubtful . 4 written expressly for the use ...
... Vedas , Vedangas and sacred poems . But there are many treatises * It is supposed by some . to have taken its name of Nagari , from the city where it is said to have been invented ; but this is doubtful . 4 written expressly for the use ...
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