The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... received it . They were bound to the most rigid chastity , in thought as well as deed . So far as they coveted the slightest pleasure from any of the senses , so far were they from their standard of perfect sanctity . Some made a vow of ...
... received it . They were bound to the most rigid chastity , in thought as well as deed . So far as they coveted the slightest pleasure from any of the senses , so far were they from their standard of perfect sanctity . Some made a vow of ...
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... received them directly from his mouth . They are divided into four books , called the Rig Veda , the Yajur Veda , the Sama Veda , and the Atharva Veda . Portions of the last contain fewer obsolete terms than the other volumes , and are ...
... received them directly from his mouth . They are divided into four books , called the Rig Veda , the Yajur Veda , the Sama Veda , and the Atharva Veda . Portions of the last contain fewer obsolete terms than the other volumes , and are ...
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... received as of equal authority with the original . There is no certain evidence when this compilation was made ; but Oriental scholars agree that it must have been more than two thousand years ago . The work is attributed to Vyasa ...
... received as of equal authority with the original . There is no certain evidence when this compilation was made ; but Oriental scholars agree that it must have been more than two thousand years ago . The work is attributed to Vyasa ...
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... cited . They purport to be the utterance of certain very ancient and celebrated saints , called Rishis , who received them directly from Di- vine Beings . Some of these authors were Bramins , 34 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
... cited . They purport to be the utterance of certain very ancient and celebrated saints , called Rishis , who received them directly from Di- vine Beings . Some of these authors were Bramins , 34 PROGRESS OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS .
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... received inspiration directly from the Di- vine Source . They contain internal evidence of being written at different epochs , but there are no means of arriv- ing at correct dates . Oriental scholars suppose they were not collected ...
... received inspiration directly from the Di- vine Source . They contain internal evidence of being written at different epochs , but there are no means of arriv- ing at correct dates . Oriental scholars suppose they were not collected ...
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