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,…- 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. NEW-STREET 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…- 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 PREFAQGE. 1X 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…- 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 inflections,—it 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,…- 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 Indo-Arians) 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. 233—277) 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 Satapatha-brahmana 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 ——— es == é| 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…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 25 of Part Second PREFACE. xx Corrections” (pp. 488—495) 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. i.—xx. PREFACE. 1—3. Puan or THE PRESENT Part. 4A—223, Cuapter I. Tue Lancauaces or Nortruern InpIA: THEIR His- 4—10. 11—43. 43—52. 53—65. TORY AND RELATIONS. Sect. I. The north-Indian dialects,…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 28 of Part Second XXIV PAGES 169—223. 226—232. 23383—277. 277—281. 281—285. 285—298. 298—304. 304—322. 323—339. 339—344. 344—354. 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 354—372. CONTENTS. Sect, XI. The immigration of the Indo-Arians from the north- west rendered probable by the tenor of the Vedic hymns. . Cuaprer III. Tar Arians in InpviA: THEIR ADVANCE…- 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 FT | ee 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,…- 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. L.—The North-Indian Dialects, Ancient and Modern. A survey of the’languages 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 pee te eager Sain 3 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,…- 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…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 40 of Part Second ot i gerunt: eer ae fe 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…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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