Title: Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and history of the people of India : their religion and institutions /
Authors: Muir, J. 1810-1882.
Publisher: Oriental Press,
Year: 1967
Subjects: Vedas.; Brahmanism.; Caste India.; Sanskrit literature.; Indo-Aryans.; Hinduism.
Contents: v. 1. Mythical and legendary accounts of the origin of caste, with an inquiry into its existence in the Vedic age.--v. 2. Inquiry whether the Hindus are of trans-Himalayan origin, and akin to the western branches of the Indo-European race.--v. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors and of later Indian writers on their origin, inspiration, and authority.--v. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with their 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.