A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c6.41
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c6.41
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³ The technical term "pretyabhâva," which occurs so frequently in Indian philosophy, and has generally been rendered by "condition of the soul after death," means really the state in which we are while living on earth. Our present life, according to Indian notions, is "bhâva," birth and growth, "pretya," after a previous death.