Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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... ing to listen to some of my criticisms , and at his request I then translated for him some of the most important Upanishads , which form part of the ancient Vedic literature . I have never been able to recover LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 17.
... ing to listen to some of my criticisms , and at his request I then translated for him some of the most important Upanishads , which form part of the ancient Vedic literature . I have never been able to recover LORD GIFFORD'S BEQUEST . 17.
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... took complete possession of me , and young as I was , and , I ought to 1 Upanishads , translated by Max Müller , in Sacred Books of the East , vol . i . p . lxi . add , reckless as I was , instead of beginning 18 LECTURE I.
... took complete possession of me , and young as I was , and , I ought to 1 Upanishads , translated by Max Müller , in Sacred Books of the East , vol . i . p . lxi . add , reckless as I was , instead of beginning 18 LECTURE I.
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... translations , not only of the Veda , but of all the Sacred Books of the East . I had by that time finished the edition of the Rig - veda and its commentary , and it was expected that I should publish a complete translation of it . But ...
... translations , not only of the Veda , but of all the Sacred Books of the East . I had by that time finished the edition of the Rig - veda and its commentary , and it was expected that I should publish a complete translation of it . But ...
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... translations of the Sacred Books of the East , which by this time amounts to thirty volumes , and will ultimately com- prise forty - eight . While engaged in conducting this undertaking , I felt it necessary , before resuming my study ...
... translations of the Sacred Books of the East , which by this time amounts to thirty volumes , and will ultimately com- prise forty - eight . While engaged in conducting this undertaking , I felt it necessary , before resuming my study ...
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... translated not only into Sanskrit , but into the principal vernaculars of the country . The question was , how to ... translations of my Hibbert Lectures have appeared in Bengâlî , Guzarâtî , and Marâthî , and more will appear in ...
... translated not only into Sanskrit , but into the principal vernaculars of the country . The question was , how to ... translations of my Hibbert Lectures have appeared in Bengâlî , Guzarâtî , and Marâthî , and more will appear in ...
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