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... Castes - Missionaries 271 .. LETTER XIV . Manners and Customs - Women - Ceremo- nies - Eating- Prayers - Ablutions - Oblations -Sacrificial Fire - Rites of Hospitality - Mar- riage - Obsequies 288 LETTER XV . Tombs - Singular Festivals ...
... Castes - Missionaries 271 .. LETTER XIV . Manners and Customs - Women - Ceremo- nies - Eating- Prayers - Ablutions - Oblations -Sacrificial Fire - Rites of Hospitality - Mar- riage - Obsequies 288 LETTER XV . Tombs - Singular Festivals ...
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... castes are per- mitted to read either the eighteen Vedyas or the two great poems . There are besides these works of the hetero- dox sects upon almost all the subjects above enumerated . The most ancient Indian poem is the Rama- yuna ...
... castes are per- mitted to read either the eighteen Vedyas or the two great poems . There are besides these works of the hetero- dox sects upon almost all the subjects above enumerated . The most ancient Indian poem is the Rama- yuna ...
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... castes of the Hindus , this ought only to be understood of such parts as are contained in the sacred books , the Vedas , Vedangas and sacred poems . But there are many treatises written expressly for the use of the lower peo- ple. * It ...
... castes of the Hindus , this ought only to be understood of such parts as are contained in the sacred books , the Vedas , Vedangas and sacred poems . But there are many treatises written expressly for the use of the lower peo- ple. * It ...
Page 90
... castes , although a Brahmin was preferred . The judges are en- joined to understand the expedient , but to pro- nounce according to the strict interpretation of the law . Three witnesses were required to prove an accusation , which ...
... castes , although a Brahmin was preferred . The judges are en- joined to understand the expedient , but to pro- nounce according to the strict interpretation of the law . Three witnesses were required to prove an accusation , which ...
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... caste , an evil which would inevitably have prolonged the darkness which so long overwhelmed the western world , if it had not confirmed it for ever . It is scarcely possible to imagine any two systems more nearly allied than those of ...
... caste , an evil which would inevitably have prolonged the darkness which so long overwhelmed the western world , if it had not confirmed it for ever . It is scarcely possible to imagine any two systems more nearly allied than those of ...
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