A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.12
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.12
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c10.12
And yet there is some system, there is some priestly influence, clearly distinguishable in that collection also. It is true that the ten books of the Rig-veda stand before us as separate collections, each belonging to one of the ancient families of India; but were these collections undertaken independently in each of these families, at different times, and with different objects? I believe not. There are traces, however faint, of one superintending spirit.