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 1 of Part First LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WOMANI 00017186450 e@- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 7 of Part First i ” alae, Ce ne Se amONE TEE ee Renmenememore an eR RR +7 rec 5 = A Se ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXTS ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE RELIGION AND INSTITUTIONS OF INDIA;…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 10 of Part First — . ——— a regen a mene 1500 O5 WoO PRINTED BY JAMES WRIGHT, OXFORD. Meet he st kabaaabeneninanncien tia ae Se meee etna mgm TS en LeU mame eet nt a…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 11 of Part First PREFACE. I HAVE been careful to acknowledge, in the text and notes of the following work, the assistance which I have derived from the labours of the various authors who have lately…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 12 of Part First ve es egress oo il iv PREFACE. entitled “Brahma und die Brahmanen” in the Zeit- schrift der Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft for 1 847; Prof. Weber’s minute researches in his Indische Studien (Berlin, 1849-1857)…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 13 of Part First ‘it- 7 3 en rit PREFACE. Vv 3. Roth and Whitney’s edition of the Atharva Veda, (Ber- lin, 1855, 1856.) 4. Dr: Roer’s edition of the Taittiriya Brahmana and of the Upanishads…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 14 of Part First vi PREFACKE. which I have quoted; though sometimes, when of con- siderable extent, they have been somewhat condensed in the translation. There are not a few passages in which I have not…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 15 of Part First PAGES CONTENTS. i—4. PLAN OF THE WORK. 5—43. Cuar. 1. TExTs ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF 6550, 34- 34-37: -- 3i74t. - AL 42. 42; 43: CASTES. Sect. I.…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 16 of Part First vill PAGES 48—58. . api — pes ETE TTT eR eS CONTENTS. . Sect. I]. Notices of the rise of caste in the lunar dynasty: Pu- ruravas, Kshatravriddha, Gritsamada, Saunaka, Vitahavya, Bhargabhimi,…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 17 of Part First l= 10 PAGES 113—I19.. I19—I5!.. I5I—174-« 174—183. 183—195. 196—204. CONTENTS. ix Sect. XV. Legend of Saudasa, according to the Mahabharata, with notices from the Kaushitaki Brahmana, Anukramani, Manu, the Nirukta, Raja Tarangini,…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 18 of Part First ®% ecsciisiiannsamtanneieaammnanens’: <emanmmmainmene tes an stra ewesingrremtaninienas ge SON ORIGINAL- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 19 of Part First ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXTS. PLAN OF THE WORK. THE object which I propose in the present work, is to form a collection of passages relating to the origin, progress, and cha- racter of…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 20 of Part First ee -teeeamnnmtnnen ge: a Rese cager tsar ys g PLAN OF THE WORK. suffice for practical purposes if the texts which bear upon each separate portion of the same subject are digested…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 21 of Part First \w ~ \e Xe ws 4 A SR eli | PLAN OF THE WORK. 3 conception of their own relation to the other portions of the civilized world. It will be necessary…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 22 of Part First 4. PLAN OF THE WORK. mentators, in regard to the origin, inspiration, and authority of these venerable books, and their relations to the other sacred writings of inferior estimation, will be quoted;…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 23 of Part First Aw NO OO Oe _@ a vane (ee eet OA CHAPTER I. TEXTS ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. ResERVING for determination at some future stage of this work…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 24 of Part First neceseeiie-oapecte sommbamemnnepinicts> _ saan tatiana ” ow c , cate aageinnery aan dinqumerGenindgenne oe AOE 6 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF (CHAP. I. “ profession (Vesa) consists in commerce, which promotes the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 25 of Part First SECT. II. | THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 7 “4. Purusha with these three parts mounted upwards; a fourth of him “ was again produced here. He then diffused himself every where among…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 26 of Part First A) ie 8 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF [ CHAP. i. The allegorical character of this hymn is, as Mr. Colebrooke remarks, (Mise. Ess. I. 168, note,) sufficiently obvious. Mihidhiara, the commentator…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 27 of Part First C A AH YS nd of nd V.) ear SECT. 11.] THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 9 on the Yajur V., says that “ the deity celebrated here is Purusha, the source “…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 28 of Part First tra wen disqrnentonimiem ae onl 10 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF [CHAP. I, not agree with bah, “arms.”’? It is only the Sidra who is here said to have sprung from the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 29 of Part First SECT. III. | THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 3 “ the half months are the joints; day and night the feet ; the constellations “the bones; the sky the muscles ;”’ &c. &c.…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 30 of Part First wen sengremnes entation in ou OF 12 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF (CHAP. I. In another passage (II. 1. 37) a similar idea is repeated : “The Brahman is his mouth: he…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 31 of Part First pe Aint Da MU RI RE tel RS da SECT. IV, V.] THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 13 “have been produced, with their occupations, to purify themselves by faith.”? 1 Secr. IV.—Passage from…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 32 of Part First ees een SRNL tm ROBE Sra we Scnqneeet eminem ae 14 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF (CHAP. I. “was in the form of Agni (fire) among the gods as Brahma; he was…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 33 of Part First he he he oh 4in tes an the the his be ine O52 rat 41°44 ya 2 ~mnVs= wal a a: . fq SECT. VI. THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 15 “ the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 34 of Part First Wie eaindnqueneeGeniinigeige gs 16 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF (cHAP. 1. It will be observed that among the creatures formed by the ten Mahar- shis are men, who are not specified as…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 35 of Part First lear ying race 1ary INS : uni- SECT. VI. | THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 17 “The supreme Being performs this again and again, as if in sport.”! At verse 87 Bhrigu recurs…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 36 of Part First i t 18 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF [CHAP. I. “* state of goodness (sdttwiki). Priests, Rishis, gods, the Vedas, the fixed “ stars, years, the Pitris, and Sadhyas compose the second…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 37 of Part First SECT. VII. ] THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 19 six Manus, of whom Swayambhiiva was the first, have already passed away, the present Manu being Vaivaswita. In each Manwantara certain gods, Rishis, and…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 38 of Part First hr ROTI 2 Cee Bawa a Sy weseingnem nt oninione sn ot i) ei) ‘hy 20 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF [CHAP. I. ‘< “not be even conceived by others, invested with…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 39 of Part First SECT. VII. ] THE ORIGIN OF CASTES. 21 “ tinual activity. These were men, and they fulfilled Brahma’s purpose.” 3! There are yet two other creations, the Anigraha and the Kaumdara, the…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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Image 40 of Part First a rae Sisgvenen iimipeens is! ——— all 22 ON THE GENERAL THEORY OF [cHAP. I. others in whom both passion and darkness (¢émés) prevailed, sprang from “his thighs; he formed others in…- Contributor: Muir, J. (John)
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