History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s10.2
History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c41.s10.2
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v3.c41.s10.2
"The Veda mostly contains hymns of praise and treat of the various kinds of sacrifices to the fire which are so numerous and difficult that you can hardly count them." Even orthodox Brahmins at present do not know how many sacrifices these are, for, as we shall presently show, Vedic sacrifices became obsolete since Al-Beruni wrote his interesting account of India.