Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India, their religion and institutions / collected, translated, and illustrated, by J. Muir ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882.

Contributor:

Henry Charles Lea Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vedas.

Brahmanism.

Caste--India.

Caste.

India.

Sanskrit literature.

Indo-Europeans.

Hinduism.

Physical Description:

5 volumes ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged.

Place of Publication:

London : Trübner & co., 1868-1873.

Contents:

v. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age. 1872

v. 2. Inquiry whether the Hindus are of trans-Himalayan origin and akin to the western branches of the Indo-European race. 1871

v. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority. 1868

v. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities. 1873

v.5. Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic age. 1872.

Local Notes:

Lea Library copy imperfect: v. 1 only.

OCLC:

31932362