AND

LIFE IN INDIA.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE
INDIAN PEOPLES, BASED ON A LIFE'S STUDY OF THEIR
LITERATURE AND ON PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS
IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

BY

MONIER-WILLIAMS, M.A., C.I.E.,

HON. D.C.L. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

HON. LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, HON. MEMBER OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETIES
OF BENGAL AND BOMBAY, HON, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL

SOCIETY, BOden profesSOR OF SANSKRIT IN THE UNIVERSITY

OF OXFORD, FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, ETC.

PART I.

VEDISM, BRĀHMANISM, AND HINDUISM.

Second Edition.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1885.

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