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A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c9.s2.9

A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c9.s2.9

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c9.s2.9

If after these not very satisfactory definitions of what a Brâhmaṇa is, and how it differs from a Mantra, we turn to the Brâhmaṇas themselves, such as we possess them in MS., we find that their number is much smaller than we should have expected.