Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882

Publication

London : Trübner, 1868-

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Details

Description

v. : tables; 22 cm.

Subject

• Vedas
• Brahmanism
• Caste > India
• Sanskrit literature
• Indo-Aryans
• Hinduism

Note

• Vol. 2: Second edition, revised. Vol. 3: Second edition, revised and enlarged.

Contents

v. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an enquiry into its existence in the Vedic age. 1868 -- 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. -- v. 5. Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic age.

Call Number

*OHO (Muir, J. Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India)

OCLC

31932362

Author

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

Title

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

Imprint

London : Trübner, 1868-

Edition

2nd ed., rewritten and greatly enlarged.

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 5

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 4

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 3

Full text available via HathiTrust--v. 2

Research Call Number

*OHO (Muir, J. Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India) Library has: v. 1-5