Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST:
FIRST SERIES. VOL. I. The Upanishads.
Translated by F. MAX MULLER. Part I. The Khandogyaupanishad, The Talavakâra-upanishad, The Aitareya-aranyaka, The Kaushitaki-brâhmana-upanishad, and The Vågasaneyisamhita-upanishad. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, Ios. 6d. The Upanishads contain the philosophy of the Veda. They have become the foundation of the later Vedánta doctrines, and indirectly of Buddhism. Schopenhauer, speaking of the Upanishads, says :
In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevaling as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.'
[See also Vol. XV.) VOL. II. The Sacred Laws of the Åryas,
As taught in the Schools of Âpastamba, Gautama, Vâsishtha, and Baudhayana. Translated by GEORG BOHLER. Part I.
 pastamba and Gautama. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, ros. 6d. The Sacred Laws of the Aryas contain the original treatises on which the Laws of Manu and other lawgivers were founded.
(See also Vol. XIV.]
VOL. III. The Sacred Books of China.
The Texts of Confucianism. Translated by JAMES LEGGE. Part I. The Shû King, The Religious Portions of the Shih
King, and The Hsiao King. Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 125. 6d. Confucius was a collector of ancient traditions, not the founder of a new religion. As he lived in the sixth and fifth centuries B. C. his works are of unique interest for the study of Ethology.
[See also Vols. XVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIX, and XL.] VOL. IV. The Zend-Avesta.
Translated by JAMES DARMESTETER. Part I. The Vendîdad.
Second Edition. 8vo, cloth, 145. The Zend-Avesta contains the relics of what was the religion of
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