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... Sacred Books . - Lan- guage as evidence . - Survey of languages . - ARYAN FAMILY.— English . -Veda = oîda . — Anglo - Saxon . Gothic.- Continental Saxon . - Scandinavian . - Thorr and Thursday . - Týr and Tues- day . —Wodan and ...
... Sacred Books . - Lan- guage as evidence . - Survey of languages . - ARYAN FAMILY.— English . -Veda = oîda . — Anglo - Saxon . Gothic.- Continental Saxon . - Scandinavian . - Thorr and Thursday . - Týr and Tues- day . —Wodan and ...
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... SACRED Books . -- What is a sacred book ? -The five birthplaces of sacred books . Survey of sacred books . - India . - The Veda . - Bud . dhism . Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . - Media and Persia . - China . - Palestine ...
... SACRED Books . -- What is a sacred book ? -The five birthplaces of sacred books . Survey of sacred books . - India . - The Veda . - Bud . dhism . Influence of the Kshatriyas , the nobility . - Media and Persia . - China . - Palestine ...
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... sacred writings were composed . This is an excellent plan , perhaps the best that could be devised . The professor of Arabic would lecture on the Qur'ân , the professor of Persian on the Avesta , the professor of Sanskrit on the Veda ...
... sacred writings were composed . This is an excellent plan , perhaps the best that could be devised . The professor of Arabic would lecture on the Qur'ân , the professor of Persian on the Avesta , the professor of Sanskrit on the Veda ...
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... Sacred Books of the East . I soon came to see , however , that these Upani- shads were only the latest outcome of Vedic litera- ture , and that in order to know their antecedents , in order to be able to appreciate the historical growth ...
... Sacred Books of the East . I soon came to see , however , that these Upani- shads were only the latest outcome of Vedic litera- ture , and that in order to know their antecedents , in order to be able to appreciate the historical growth ...
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... 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 here I broke down , for reasons which those who know ...
... 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 here I broke down , for reasons which those who know ...
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