Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 5: On the Origin and History the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions IN the Fourth Volume of this work I have collected the principal passages of the Vedic Hymns which refer to the origin of the uni verse, and to the characters of the gods Hiranyagarbha, Visvakarman, Vishnu, Ru'dra, and the goddess Ambika; and base compared the representations there given of these deities with the later stories and speculations on the same subjects which are to be found in the ...
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Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 5: On the Origin and History the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions IN the Fourth Volume of this work I have collected the principal passages of the Vedic Hymns which refer to the origin of the uni verse, and to the characters of the gods Hiranyagarbha, Visvakarman, Vishnu, Ru'dra, and the goddess Ambika; and base compared the representations there given of these deities with the later stories and speculations on the same subjects which are to be found in the Brahmanas, and in the mythological poems of a more modern date. In the course of these researches, I have also introduced occasional notices of some of the other Vedic? Deities, such as Aditi, Indra, Varuna, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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