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Title: The Religions of India Handbooks On The History Of Religions, Volume 1, Edited By Morris Jastrow
Author: Edward Washburn Hopkins
Release Date: December 28, 2004 [EBook #14499]
Language: English
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VOLUME IHANDBOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS
THE
RELIGIONS OF INDIA
BY
EDWARD WASHBURN HOPKINS
Ph.D. (LEIPSIC)
PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT AND COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IN BRYN MAWR COLLEGE
"This holy mystery I declare unto you: There is nothing nobler than humanity."
THE MAH[=A]BH[=A]RATA.
LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
37 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
PUBLISHER TO THE INDIA OFFICE
1896
(All rights reserved)
COPYRIGHT, 1895, BYEDWARD WASHBURN HOPKINS
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
BY THE AUTHOR
PREFATORY NOTE
BY THE EDITOR ...