The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... say , or how I should say it . My natural love of freedom resisted such procedure ; and foresee- ing that I might incur unpopularity , I was unwilling to implicate others . I have , therefore , merely stated to learned men , and women ...
... say , or how I should say it . My natural love of freedom resisted such procedure ; and foresee- ing that I might incur unpopularity , I was unwilling to implicate others . I have , therefore , merely stated to learned men , and women ...
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... says : - " We came to a shed where a man with his wife and children were cooking their supper . The man called out to us for heaven's sake not to come near them , for he was a Bramin , and our approach would oblige him to fling away his ...
... says : - " We came to a shed where a man with his wife and children were cooking their supper . The man called out to us for heaven's sake not to come near them , for he was a Bramin , and our approach would oblige him to fling away his ...
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... says : " Let no man who regards his duty , religious or civil , hold any intercourse with them . " Each caste is perpetually separated from another by the strictest prohibitions . One must never presume to perform any business or duty ...
... says : " Let no man who regards his duty , religious or civil , hold any intercourse with them . " Each caste is perpetually separated from another by the strictest prohibitions . One must never presume to perform any business or duty ...
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... says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before the Flood , I shall never believe ; but they are very ancient , and far older than other Sanscrit composi- tions . " He thinks the Yajur Veda can be traced as far as one thousand ...
... says : " That the Vedas were actually writ- ten before the Flood , I shall never believe ; but they are very ancient , and far older than other Sanscrit composi- tions . " He thinks the Yajur Veda can be traced as far as one thousand ...
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... says : - " Vyasa had numerous disciples , who instructed others in their turn . At last , the variations in the manner of read- ing and reciting the text are said to have given rise to no less than one thousand one hundred different ...
... says : - " Vyasa had numerous disciples , who instructed others in their turn . At last , the variations in the manner of read- ing and reciting the text are said to have given rise to no less than one thousand one hundred different ...
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