B. = Bhagavadgtta; S.=Sanatsugatfya; A. = Anugfta.
N.B. Only in some cases have references been given to all the passages in which a certain word occurs. In most cases, only the passages in which words are used in noteworthy senses are referred to.
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“We rejoice to notice that a second series of these translations has been announced and has actually begun to appear. The stones, at least, out of which a stately edifice may hereafter arise, are here being brought together. Prof. Max Miiller has deserved well of scientific history. Not a few minds owe to his enticing words their first attraction to this branch of study. Bat no work of his, not even the great edition of the Rig-Veda, can compare in importance or in usefulness with this English translation of the Sacred Books of the East, which has been devised by his foresight, successfully brought so far by his persuasive and organising power, and will, we trust, by the assistance of the distinguished scholars he has gathered round him, be carried in due time to a happy completion.’
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[See also Vol. XV.]
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vou. 111. The Sacred Books of China.
The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by James Lecce. Part I. The Sh@ King, The Religious Portions of the Stnh King, and The Hsiao King. Second Ldttion. 8vo, cloth, 12. 6d.
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Vou. Iv. The Zend-Avesta.
Translated by James DanmestzTeR. Part I. The Vendidid. Second Edition, 8vo, cloth, 145.
The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what was the religion ef
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[See also Vols. XXIII and XXXL]
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The religion of the Gainas was founded by a contemporary of Buddha. Lt still counts numerous adherents in India, while there are no Buddhists left in India proper.
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Vou. xxm1. The Zend-Avesta.
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