A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.162
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.162
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c10.162
Before we leave the Mantra period there is one question which, if it cannot be fully answered, requires at least to be carefully discussed. Was the collection of the ten books of Vedic hymns the work of persons cognisant of the art of writing or not? Were the 1017 hymns of the Rig-veda, after they had been gathered into one body, preserved by memory or on paper?
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- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit