A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.68
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.68
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¹ “When we spoke of this (the authorship of Madhuchhandas) to a learned Hindu friend, he exhibited very marked dissatisfaction and distress, begging us to write and tell Professor Wilson that the hymn had *no* author; that it had existed from everlasting; and that Madhuchhandas was only the fortunate seer to whom, on the last occasion of its revelation, it had been revealed.”—*Benares Magazine for June 1851*, “On Müller’s Edition and Wilson’s Version of the Rig-Veda.”