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Hindu Literature; This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com ANDOVEK -HAKV S«J i 4/ k Bv Elizabeth A. Reed HARVARD DEPOSITORY BRITTLE BOOK itfararg of tfje ©tbtnttg Srfjool. Bought with money GIVEN BY THE SOCIETY FOB PBOMOTING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION. Received ~J Ai^Cf . f 1893, HINDU LITERATURE; OR THE ANCIENT BOOKS OF INDIA. BY , HlA4 ELIZABETH A.JHSED, Membek op the Philosophical Society of Great Britain. "CHICAGO: 8. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY. 1891. Copyright, 1890, By S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY. PRESS OF KNIGHT & LEONARD CO., CHICAGO. TABLE OF CONTENTS. HINDU LITERATUKE; OR, THE ANCIENT BOOKS OF INDIA. CHAPTER I. HINDU LITERATURE. PAGES. WHAT WHEN IS THE WRITTEN VEDA —? — THE THE RIG-VEDA,AGE OF THE VEDAS . — . 1-27 MYTHOLOGY CHAPTER OF THE II. VEDAS. RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE MYTHOLOGIES OF INDIA AND GREECE- — AGNI — SURYA — — VARUNA — YAMA — USHAS — MARUTS — HYMNS OF EXECRATION — INCONSISTENT THE ORIES — INDRA — SIMILARITY OF NORTHERN MYTHS, 28-49 CHAPTER III. MYTHOLOGY OP LATER HINDU WORKS. MULTIPLICATION OF DEITIES — ANALOGY BE TWEEN INDIAN AND GREEK GODS — MODERN INCARNATIONSDEITIES — BRAHMA, OF VISHNU, VISHNU —AND GARUDA SIVA — iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. RECOVERY OF THE LOST NECTAR OF THE 50-65 CHAPTER IV. THE VEDAS AND THE SUTTEE. LITERARY IMPORTANCE — DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND NATIVE SCHOLARS — COLE- BROOKE'S TRANSLATION OF DISPUTED TEXT — MUTILATION OF THE TEXT — TESTIMONY OF RAJA RADHAKANT DEB — THE RITE NOT ADVOCATED IN THE RIG-VEDA — DISGRACE OF AVOIDING THE SUTTEE — INSTANCE OF ESCAPE — ENTHUSIASM OF NATIVE POETS- LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK, .... 66-73 CHAPTER V. THE BRAHMANAS. THE SECOND GRAND DIVISION OF VEDIC LITER ATURE — AGE OF THE BRAHMANAS — BURDEN —OF SACRIFICES CEREMONIES — —EXTRACT PENANCE FROM FOR THEBAD DREAMSFOURTH V BRAHMANA — THE STORY OF SUNAHSEPA — A HUMAN SACRIFICE — TRADITION OF THE FLOOD AS FOUND IN THE SATAPATHA-BRAH- MANA, 74-87 CHAPTER VI. THE CODE OF MANU. THE DATE OF THE CODE — THE TRIBE OR SCHOOL OF MANAVAS — THE CODE A MEANS OF PER PETUATING THE RULES OF CASTE — DIVINE TABLE OF CONTENTS. V ORIGIN CLAIMED FOR THE LAWS OF MANU — CASTE — DIVINE RIGHTS OF BRAHMANS — THE KSHATRIYA — THE VAISYA — THE SUDRA — MARRIAGE A PURIFYING RITE — RULES FOR CHOOSING A WIFE — MARRIAGE — WOMAN'S RIGHTS — PENANCES — CRIMINAL CODE — FU NERAL CEREMONIES, 88-98 CHAPTER VII. THE UPANISIIADS. THE THIRD GRAND DIVISION OF VEDIC LITER ATURE — THE UPANISHADS — THE DOCTRINAL PORTION OF THE VEDA — DERIVATION — RAM- MOHUN ROY — NUMISER OF THE UPANISHADS — PLACE IN VEDIC CHRONOLOGY — ARUTI OR REVEALED KNOWLEDGE — CHANDOGYA UPA- NISHAD — IMPORTANCE OF OM — EXTRACTS FROM THE CHANDOGYA — THE KENA UPA- NISHAD — EXTRACT FROM THE KENA — THE KATHA UPANISHAI) — THE AITAREYA UPA- NISHAD — EXTRACT FROM THE AITAREYA — THE KAUSHlTAKI BRAHMANA UPANISHAI) — DISCOURSE UPON FUTURE LIFE— THE VAJA- SANEYI-SAWHITA UPANISHAD — EXTRACT FROM THE VAJASANEYI — THE ISA UPA NISHAD — THE COMPLETION OF REVELATION, 99-113 CHAPTER VIII. THE MONOTHEISM OF THE UPANISIIADS. PANTHEISM — CONFESSION OF FAITH — DEATH OF THEIR SUPREME GOD — DESCRIPTIONS OF vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. BEAHMA — THE FEET OF BRAHMAN — VISHNU AS THE SUPREME GOD — THE SVETASVATARA- UPANISHAD — PANTHEISM THE CREED OF VEDIC LITERATURE, 114-120 CHAPTER IX. COSMOGONY. ABSURD THEORIES — EXTRACT FROM CHA.NDOGYA UPANISHAD — COSMOGONY OF MANU — A DAY OF BRAHMA — SLEEP OF BRAHMA AND ITS RESULTS— RE-CREATION — LENGTH OF BRAH- MA'S LIFE — THE SERPENT SESHA — THE NAGAS OR SERPENT DEMONS — DEATH OF BRAHMA — REPEATED CREATIONS — THE WILL OF BRAH MA — INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER — EVO LUTION AND PANTHEISM — COSMOGRAPHY OF THE MAHA-BHARATA AND THE PURANAS — THETHE RAMAYANALENGTH OF — A CREATION KALPA — BY TEACHING VISHNU —OF Jj COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COSMOGONY OF THE VEDAS AND OTHER ANCIENT WRITINGS — TESTIMONY OF BARON VON HUMBOLDT — MOSAIC COSMOGONY, 121-130 CHAPTER X. THE ORIGIN OF MAN. DESCENT OF MAN FROM A SINGLE PAIR — THE EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY PART OF MAN — RECONSTRUCTION OF MEN AT THE END OF EACH KALPA — CREATION OF ANIMALS — DIFFERENT CHARACTERS AND RACES OF MEN — RUDRA — DEVOLUTION — EXTRACT, . 131-138 TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER XI. METEMPSYCHOSIS. TRANSMIGRATION NOT TAUGHT IN THE RIG- VEDA — THE TRIPLE SYSTEM OK TRANSMI GRATION — THE DOCTRINE OF THE CHAN- DOGYA — DANGER DURING TRANSMIGRATION — DISTINCTION BETWEEN ASCENDING AND DESCENDING SOULS — HINDU EXPLANATION OF INEQUALITIES OF FORTUNE — SINS AGAINST/ CASTE RECEIVE THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT' OF — NO THE CRIME RIG-VEDA BECOMES BE REMEMBERED, A SIN IF THE WORDS f. f . / 139 CHAPTER XII. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS. IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL — HEAVEN ONLY A STEPPING-STONE TO HAPPINESS — EXPE RIENCE OF THE FAITHFUL HINDU — THE HEAVEN OF INDRA — THE HEAVEN OF VISH NU — FUTURE PUNISHMENT — TWENTY-ONE HELLS — VICTIMS SEE THE INHABITANTS OF HEAVEN — TRANSMIGRATION OF SINNERS, . 146- CHAPTERTHE RAMAYANA. XIII. ONE OF THE SACRED EPICS OF INDIA — THE LAND OF THE HINDU — THE RAMAYANA AND THE ILIAD — HELEN AND SITA — HECTOR CHAINED TO THE CHARIOT WHEEL — FU NERAL HONORS PAID TO RAVANA— AGE OF viii TABLE OF CONTENTS. THE RAMAYANA — THE SANCTITY OF THE POEM — AUTHOR OF THE WORK — BASIS OF THE POEM — LENGTH OF THE EAMAYANA, . 153-160 CHAPTER XIV. THE STORY OP THE RAMAYANA. AYODHYA — DASARATHA AND THE ASVA-MEDHA — THE CONCLAVE OF THE GODS — PLEA MADE TO BRAHMA — REFERRED TO VISHNU — HIS HOME IN THE SEA OF MILK — REQUEST GRANTED — THE BIRTH OF RAMA — THE BOW OF SIVA — MARRIAGE OF RAMA — RAMA AP POINTED YUVA-RAJA — KAIKEYI — KAUSALYA — SITA — THE FAREWELLS — THE DEATH OF THE RAJA — BHARATA, . ... 161-203 CHAPTER XV. THE STORY OP THE RAMAYANA, CONTINUED. LEAVING THE ATTENDANTS — THE GANGES — C'lTRA-KUTA — LIFE IN EXILE — BHARATA 'S ARRIVAL — THE INTERVIEW — A WARNING AND DEPARTURE — ATRI AND ANASUYA — THE NEW HOME — SURPA-NAKHA — RAVANA — THE ABDUCTION — THE SEARCH — SUGRIVA THE MONKEY KING — EXPEDITION OF THE MONKEY GENERAL HANUMAN — LANKA — THE PALACE OF RAVANA — THE ASOKA GROVE — INTERVIEW BETWEEN HANUMAN AND SITA — HANUMAN DESTROYS THE MANGO GROVE — THE BURNING OF LANKA — HANU MAN REJOINS THE MONKEY ARMY, . 204-247 TABLE OF CONTENTS. IX THE STORY OP CHAPTER THE RAMAYANA, XVI. CONCLUDED. THE MONKEY EXPEDITION AGAINST LANKA — THE SOUTHERN SEA — THE OCEAN BRIDGE — INVASION OF LANKA — RAVANA AND RAMA IN SINGLE COMBAT — THE DEATH OF RAVANA — RESTORATION OF SITA — SITA's TRIAL AND VINDICATION — TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO AYODHYA — THE BANISHMENT OF SITA — THE SONS OF SlTA — THE DEPART URE, 248-271 CHAPTER XVII. THE MAHA-BHARATA. THE COMPANION OF THE RAMAYANA — A COLOS SAL POEM — DERIVATION OF THE NAME — HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE MAHA-BHARATA — THE RELIGION OF THE GREAT EPIC — LITERARY STYLE — THE AGE OF THE MAHA- BHARATA — TRANSLATION OF THE WORK, . 272-282 CHAPTER XVIII. LEGENDS OP THE MAHA-BHARATA— THE GREAT WAR. THE KAURAVAS AND PANDAVAS — THE TOUR NAMENT — THE SVAYAW-VARA — THE HOME COMING — DRAUPADl MARRIES FIVE HUS BANDS — THE COUNCILS OF WAR — PREPAR ATIONS FOR THE GREAT WAR — THE CHAL LENGE GIVEN AND ACCEPTED — RULES OF WARFARE, 283-303 X TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER XIX. LEGENDS OF THE MAHA-BHARATA— THE GREAT WAR, CONCLUDED. THE BHAGAVAD-GlTA — THE ATTACK AND RE PULSE OF THE KAURAVAS — THE THIRD DAY — FALL OF BHISHMA — A NIGHT SCENE — WAR OF EXTERMINATION — RAJA YUDHI- SHTHIRA — DESTRUCTION OF THE TRIBE OF YADAVAS — DEATH OF KRISHNA — ABDICA TION AND PILGRIMAGE OF THE RAJA — ASCENSION, . 304-326 CHAPTER XX. LEGENDS OP THE MAHA-BHARATA, CONCLUDED. SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN. THE KING'S DAUGHTER — SAVITRl's CHOICE — THE MARRIAGE — LOVE CONQUERS DEATH, . 327-341 CHAPTER XXI. THE BHAGAVAD-GITA. EVIDENTLY AN INTERPOLATION — AGE OF THE GITA — ITS ORIGIN — "THE DIVINE SONG " — SELF-ADULATION OF KRISHNA — DIVINE FORM OF KRISHNA, 342-352 CHAPTER THE PURANAS. XXII. EXTENT OF THE PURANAS — SIGNIFICATION OF THE NAME — THEIR TEACHING — COMPARA TIVELY MODERN ORIGIN — THE HARI-VANSA TABLE OF CONTENTS. xi — THE BRAHMA PUBANA — THE PADMA OR GOLDEN LOTUS — THE VAISHNAVA OR VISH NU — BIRTH OF KRISHNA — WIVES AND CHILDREN OF KRISHNA — DEATH OF KRISH NA — THE SAIVA — SRI BHAGAVATA — TnE MARKANDEYA — THE AGNI — THE VAYU — THE BHAVISHTA — THE BRAHMA VAIVARTA — THE LINGA — THE VARAHA — THE SKANDA — THE VAMANA — THE KURMA — THE MATSYA — THE GARUDA — THE BRAHMANDA, . 353-375 CHAPTER XXIII. KRISHNA. A MULTITUDE OF PERSONS NAMED KRISHNA — LIFE OF KRISHNA, SON OF VASU-DEVA — DEATH OF KRISHNA — RESEMBLANCES TO CHRISTIAN HISTORY VERY SLIGHT — WOR SHIP OF THE "DARK GOD" — SUMMARY, . 376-393 CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION. HINDU LITERATURE — HINDUISM — TEACHINGS — THE RIG-VEDA — THE UPANISHADS — THE EPIC POEMS — THE PUR ANAS — VEDIC WOR SHIP BETTER THAN IDOLATRY, . 394-400 PREFACE. HE enormous ancient mass books of literature of India that comprise the labor such of an a single lifetime would not suffice for the mastery of their contents and a solution of the problems which they present ; yet such has been the progress of Ori ental philology during the last decade, that an intel ligent survey of this great field of research is quite possible to the student. A careful study of the Puranas alone in the origi nal Sanskrit would occupy half a century, but a valuable series of extracts and analyses can be found in twenty-six large folio volumes of manuscripts in the library of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, and a year of patient work devoted to Professor Wilson's translations gives one an intelligible idea of their contents. Colonel Colin Mackenzie occupied his leisure time for years in collecting and arranging thirty-four large folio volumes of manuscripts, and his careful methods were of great value to scholars who came after him. Historical students have also been greatly aided by the pioneer work of those who have examined and compared genealogical lists, deciphered inscriptions, and discovered the sites of ancient cities. The Vedas xiii xiv PREFACE. themselves have been carefully copied and translated, and, indeed, all of the most important portions of Indian lore are now available, to the English reader.
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