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041			_aENGLISH
082			_a294.5921 PHI
100			_aPhillips,Maurice
245			_aOrigin and Development of Vedas
260			_aJaipur _bPrism Books _c2011
300			_a236p.
500			_aCONTENTS 1. The Sanhitas: or, the Collection of the Vedas 2. The Authors of the Vedas 3. The Age of the Vedas 4. The Language of the Vedas 5. The Vedas Orally Transmitted 6. The General Character of Vedic Literature 7. The Number of the Gods 8. The Nature of the Gods 9. The Origin of the Vedic Concept God 10. Vedic Cosmology not one Connected Narrative 11. Creation the Work of an Intelligent Being 12. Creation out of Nothing 13. Creation from Pre-existing Matter 14. Creation a Phenomenal Emanation from the Deity 15. The Origin and Dignity of Man 16. The Consciousness of Sin 17. Personal Immortality 18. The Origin and Growth of Caste 19. Prayer and Praise 20. Sacrifice 21. The Sacrificers 22. The Origin of Sacrifice 23. Meditation and Asceticism 24. Retrospect and Conclusion 25. Index
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