WILHELM DILGER,

B, G* Mission, Malabar.

RELIGIOUS THOUGHT

AND

LIFE IN INDIA.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE

INDIAN PEOPLES, BASED ON A LIFE'S STUDY OF THEIR

LITERATURE AND ON PERSONAL INVESTIGATIONS

IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.

BY

MONIER WILLIAMS, M.A., CLE.,

HON. D.C.L. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

HON. LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, HON. MEMBER OF THE BOMBAY

ASIATIC SOCIETY, HON. MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY,

BODEN PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, ETC

PART I.

VEDISM, BRAHMANISM, AND HINDUISM.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1883.

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