A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos:: Including a Minute Description of Their Manners and Customs, and Translations from Their Principal Works, Tom 1

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Mission Press, 1818
 

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The divisions of the védõ 282subjects treated of in the védů
285
Account of God under the name of the Virată Poorooshŭ
291
Specimens of the bramhŭnů of the védŏ from the rig yujoorü and ŭthŭrvă védŭs
298
The degree in which the different dorshunus are now studied
317
Remarks on the PatŭnjălăDürshănă
356
Ibid
395
Translation of the Sootrus of Goutumă in an abridged form as explained
405
Remarks on the Voishéshikŭ philosophy
427
Remarks on the Meemangsa writers
438
A summary of the doctrines of this sect translated from three Meemangsa works Ibid
445
Review of the contents of these works
451
An old bachelor a phenomenon among the Hindoos 134women always marry
452
List of works on Astronomy 459epitome of the SooryuSiddhantă by Bhas
460
Extract from the JyotishuTüttwů
471
Account of the Medical shastrus 476list of medical works still extant
479
Account of the creation 5
492
Summary of the subjects embraced by these works
498
Remarks on the poetical works 503names of the most celebrated poets
504
Account of the Great Poems 511the Dramatic Poems 515the smaller
518
Remarks on Hindoo Music
530
Account of works of an historical nature and a list of those still extant
543
Contents of the Mühabbarutů Ibid
558
Remarks on the military works and on the Military Tactics of the ancient Hindoos
567
A list of translations from the Singskritu
578
The learned men 583the colleges
585
A list of Matthus or convents of ascetics where the shastrus are taught at
594
A number of old maids married to an aged kooleenă bramhun to take away
601

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