Download or read book Bibliotheca Indica A Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Classic Reprint written by Rajendralala Mitra and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliotheca Indica: A Collection of Oriental Works, Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal The Vedas have been justly described as the most ancient monument of the Arian world; and as the only means to a proper study of philology, they claim the highest consideration from the historian of the human tongue. In them alone we find the first fruits Of the Arian mind in its attempt to rise from nature up to nature's God, and to unveil the mysteries of a future world. They constitute the storehouse of early Indian knowledge, and the only expositor of the hopes and fears, the desires and wants, and the feelings and aspirations, which impelled the first Arian colonists of India in their career through life. But the Vedas form not a homogeneous series Of works, nor are they the productions of a single age. Dif fering in extent, character, contents and antiquity, the dill'er ent portions have very different claims to consideration. To the antiquarian and scholar the Saiihita portion of the Rig Veda will always appear the most interesting, but among the ancient Hindus, the Szima, though third in rank, was held in the highest veneration, and hence it is that Krishna, in the Bhagavat Gita, calls himself The Sama among the Vedas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Bibliotheca Indica Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal written by Royal Asiatic Society Of Bengal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliotheca Indica: Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; Nos. 60, 74, 88, 97, 130, 144, 159, 169, 203, 226 and 263 Judged by their subjects, the two appendices or even more pointedly different. The Aranyakas, with the exceptions before alluded to, are all but purely liturgical, treating of csrcmonials which have not been included in the Brahmanas, or. Offering ex planations and illustrations with reference to rites already there described, but not so fully as they should have been. Not unoften do they enter into discussions regarding particular tepics of liturgical interest which require elucidation, though the rites to which they refer do not form a part of their subj sets. In short, they form supplements to the Vedas, and are intended principally to supply their omissions. Whereas the Upanishads are totally independent of the texts to which they profess to be appendices, and evince no compunction even to openly con demn the ceremonials they teach as worthless, and unworthy the attention of wise men. They are in fact rivals which incul cate a new doctrine of salvation, and not subordinates or 00 labcurers working for a common object. Thus, for instance, while the Chh andogya Brahmana supplies the mantras for the celebration of the marriage rite, the Upanishad of that name, which professes to be the last eight chapters of that work, declares that the three Vedas, i. E. The Saiihités and the Brah manas, are insufficient to afford true knowledge, and that those who wish for salvation should, forsaking them, resortto the Upanishads for help.' The Mundaka describes the knowledge of the Vedas as secondary or inferior (apard), and that of the Upanishads the highest (para)? The Taitti rfya Upanishad, which forms the 7th, 8th and 9th chapters of the Aranyaka of that name, in the same way condemns the teachings of the Vedas, not excepting that of the first six chapters of the work of which it forms a part, to lead the student on to an intellectual form of worship, in which Indra, Vayu, and Agni yield their places to Mahabrahma, and the oblations and offerings of the Vedas to reflection, contempla tion and meditation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Bibliotheca Indica written by Ràjendralàla Mitra and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliotheca Indica: A Collection of Oriental Works, Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Bibliotheca Indica: A Collection of Oriental Works, Published Under the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was written by Ràjendralàla Mitra in 1862. This is a 204 page book, containing 65310 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Bibliotheca Indica Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Patronage of the Hon Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol 15 written by Edward Ro Er and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bibliotheca Indica; Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Patronage of the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, and the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 15: Nos; 41 and 50; The Taittariya, Aitareya, S ve ta s vatara, Ke na, I s a, Kat ha, Pras na, Mun d aka and Ma n d akya Upanishads In the second Valli a general solution is given of the questions What is the last cause of the world, and how do we know of it? The good, in accordance to it, is different from what is pleasant; and on this account man has to choose between either; for from the diversity of their nature both cannot be obtained together. By dis crimination it will be found, that the good is the higher of the two. The knowledge of the things that are pleasant is in fact ignorance, * because it leads to delusion about the true nature of things, viz. By producing the belief, that only this world with its enjoy ments exists, and not another. The result of this ignorance is, that the soul passes from life to death and vice versd. Knowledge, on the other hand, refers to what is good, and its oh jcet is the true nature of the soul of man. It is different from virtue and vice, from cause and effect, different from past, present and future times. The soul then by which man knows, is not born, nor does it die; it is not cause or effect; it is unchangeable, and the visible changes are only changes of the body. It is the one, infinite Brahma, who is incorporeal, great and all-pervading, and although infinite, placed in the cavity of the heart of the living creatures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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