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Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 1: On the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions Na visesho 'sti varnanam sarvam brahmam idam jagat| Brahmana purva-srishtam hi karmabhir varnatam gatam| Mahabharata. "There is no distinction of castes. This world, which, as created by Brahma, was at first entirely Brahmanic, has become divided into classes in consequence of men's works." - See pages 138 and 140. ...

Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 2: On the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions, Collected, Translated, and Illustrated C. - In the collocation of words and phrases the Gatha strictly follows the rules of Sanskrit syntax, but in the formation of comp'ound terms it admits of many licences highly offensive to the canons of Panini and Vopadeva. They seem, however, to be the consequence of haste and...

Excerpt from Original Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 5: On the Origin and History the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions [In opposition to those who represented Dionysos, the wine-god, as meaning merely wine, Hephaistos fire, Demeter com, etc., Plutarch urges]: - "For the god is not a lifeless thing, subject to human handling and control. But from the fact that they dispose of, and bestow upon us, these objects, and preserve them to us p...

Excerpt from Metrical Translations From Sanskrit Writers: With an Introduction, Prose Versions, and Parallel Passages From Classical Authors The present Volume embraces the contents of the little work entitled Religious and Moral Sentiments, metrically rendered from Sanskrit W riters, -'c. Published by Alessrs Williams 8, Norgate in 1 87 5, together with three collections of versified translations subsequently printed, but not published, and ...

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Excerpt from Raciana, or Riders' Colours of the Royal, Foreign, and Principal Patrons of the British Turf From 1762 to 1883, Arranged Alphabetically: Also an Appendix With a Tabulated List of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger Races From Their Commencement, Showing the Owners, With Their Colours, Winning Horses, Jockeys, Years, Sires, and Dams T¿e green have won t/ze honour of #23 day. - juvenal, Sat. XL, 195-6. About the Publisher Forgotten Bo...

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Of the four major surviving manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon poetry, MS. Junius 11 is the only one which is illustrated. It contains four poems based on the Old Testament: "Genesis A" and "B, " "Exodus, " "Daniel, " and "Christ and Satan." This ground-breaking CD-ROM contains the entire tenth century manuscript, a searchable transcription, translation, detailed commentary, and high resolution images of all the drawings and decorated initials.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...