Section X. The Fundamental Conceptions and Characteristics of Hindu (Bhāratīya) Culture and Civilization from the Vedic Times to about 1800 A.D. and Future Trends
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- Darius the 2nd
- about B. C., the first D. ( B. C.) employs the word Hidu (for Hindu) the people to the west and east of river Sindhu
- Herodotus
- (Greaks borrowed from Babylonians two kinds of sun-dials and division of day into parts) ; refers to peculiar practice of Egyptians to regard each month and day as sacred to some god ; states some Greeks had made the doctrine of punarjanma their own and that Egyptians were the first to teach it ; states that India constituted the 20th province of Persian empire and paid tribute
- Hindu
- word, used by Darius and Xerxes in inscriptions ; few elements that bound Hindus together and causes that militated against their unity set out
- Jātakālaṅkāra of Gaṇeśa
- compo-sed in A. D.
- Sacred books of the East (series) 527
- 939n–40n
- Sindhu
- river, frequently mentioned in Ṛgveda
- Sircar
- Dr D. C., (on date of Mahābhāṣya), (on text of the Purāṇic list of peoples); edited, ‘Select Inscriptions’ Vol. I
- Tantrik worship)
- (verses of, q. by Mahānirvāṇa-tantra), (Vedic Mantras employed in T. works exemplified), (orb of Sun is called wheel), (references that are held historical), (who went to heaven and what joys were there), (Madhvācārya claims that he is referred to in Ṛg. text I. . 1-3), (mantras full of faith in God and beati-tude), and n, (quoted often by Upaniṣads), (some doubters about Indra), Ṛg.IX.82.1 explained in Tāṇḍya), (passages where word Karman occurs), (Ṛg. VII.33.10-14 about Vasiṣṭha's two births explained), (interpretation of Ṛg. X. . 3 ), (Vaiśvā-nara ), and n, (river Sindhu), (meaning of 'Kṛṇvanto Viś-vam Āryam'), (.indications of at least three Āśramas ), (shift towards oblation of cooked food or ghee as equal to animal sacrifices); (Vasiṣṭha's prayer that sins due to wine and gambling may be for-given); prayer to bestow ten songs on newly married bride) (X. . explained )
Section X. The Fundamental Conceptions and Characteristics of Hindu (Bhāratīya) Culture and Civilization from the Vedic Times to about 1800 A.D. and Future Trends
SECTION X The fundamental conceptions and characteristics of Hindu ( Bhāratīya ) culture and civilization from the Vedic times to about 1800 A. D. and future trendṣ
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