Original Sanskrit texts on the origin and progress of the religion and institutions of India
Subtitle: collected, tr. into English, and illustrated by notes. Chiefly for the use of students and others in India.
By: By J. Muir.
Publisher: Williams and Norgate
Published: 1858
Place of publication: London; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Vedas; Brahmanism; Caste -- India; Sanskrit literature; Indo-Aryans; Hinduism
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The mythical and legendary accounts of caste.; title: pt. 2. The Trans-Himalayan origin of the Hindus, and their affinity with the western branches of the Arian race.; title: pt. 3. The Vedas: opinions of their authors, and of later Indian writers, in regard to their origin, inspiration, and authority.; title: pt. 4. Comparison of the Vedic with the later representations of the principal Indian deities.