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36 period was marked by two successions of cold and genial climate, at least in the North-West of Europe. (13) Several eminent scientific men have already advanced the theory that the cradle of the human race must be sought for in the Arctic regions and that the plant and animal life also originated in the same place. It will thus be seen that if the Vedic evidence points to an Arctic home, where the ancestors of the Vedic يishis lived in ancient times, there is at any rate nothing in the latest scientific discoveries which would warrant us in considering this result as a priori improbable. On the contrary there is much in these researches that suggests such a hypothesis, and as a matter of fact, several scientific men have now been led to think that we must look for the cradle of the human race in the Arctic regions. ————— —————
37 CHAPTER III THE ARCTIC REGIONS Existence of a Circumpolar continent in early times — Probable also in the Inter-Glacial period — Milder climate at the time — Necessity of examining Vedic Myths — Difference between Polar and Circumpolar characteristics — The precession of the equinoxes used as chronometer in Vedic chronology — Characteristics of the North Pole — The horizontal motion of the celestial hemisphere — Spinning round of the stars without rising or setting — The Sun rising in the South — A day and a night of six months each — Aurora Borealis — Continuous fortnightly moonlight, and long morning and evening twilights — Dawn lasting from 45 to 60 days — The Polar year — The darkness of the Polar night reduced only to two, or two and a half, months — Dr. Warren’s description of the Polar Dawn with its revolving splendors — Characteristics of regions to the South of the North Pole — Stars moving obliquely and a few rising and setting as in the tropical zone — The Southernly direction of the Sun — A long day and a long night, but of less than six months’ duration — Supplemented by the alternations of ordinary days and nights for some time during the year — Long dawn but of shorter duration than at the Pole — Comparison with the features of the year in the tropics — Summary of Polar and Circumpolar characteristics. We have seen that in the Pleistocene period there was great elevation and submergence of land accompanied by violent changes in the climate, over the whole surface of the globe. Naturally enough the severity of the Glacial period must have been very intense within the Arctic circle, and we shall be perfectly justified in supposing that geographical changes like the elevation and depression of land occurred on a far more extensive scale in regions round about the Pole than anywhere else. This leads us to infer that the distribution of land and water about the Pole during the Inter-Glacial period must have been different from what it is at present. Dr. Warren, in his Paradise Found, quotes a number of authorities to show that within a comparatively recent geological period a wide stretch of Arctic land, of which Novaia Zemlia and Spitzbergen formed a part, had been submerged; and one
Page 2 and 3: THE ARCTIC HOME IN THE VEDAS Being
Page 4 and 5: i PREFACE The present volume is a s
Page 6 and 7: iii by his numerous admirers throug
Page 8 and 9: v People are hardly aware of the be
Page 10 and 11: vii passages in the Veda and Avesta
Page 12 and 13: ix humble remembrance of the same,
Page 14 and 15: 2 carry back its history up to abou
Page 16 and 17: 4 age in times preceding the histor
Page 18 and 19: 6 “is a task for the next century
Page 20 and 21: 8 but they had not attracted the no
Page 22 and 23: 10 we must briefly consider the geo
Page 24 and 25: 12 period of Oak and the Iron with
Page 26 and 27: 14 supposed to be removed from the
Page 28 and 29: 16 lake-dwellers seem to have been
Page 30 and 31: 18 home. The Avesta preserves tradi
Page 32 and 33: 20 the ecliptic, is not the sole ca
Page 34 and 35: 22 far south as Moscow and almost a
Page 36 and 37: 24 the Pleistocene period by the su
Page 38 and 39: 26 Then the distance of the sun fro
Page 40 and 41: 28 hemisphere applies mutatis mutan
Page 42 and 43: 30 Supposing, therefore, that we ha
Page 44 and 45: 32 the impossibility of correctly a
Page 46 and 47: 34 of the eccentricity of the earth
Page 50 and 51: 38 of the conclusions he draws from
Page 52 and 53: 40 many places. Dr. Warren has quot
Page 54 and 55: 42 Brâhmana and the express text s
Page 56 and 57: 44 his light, will become visible a
Page 58 and 59: 46 or at the most, to two-and-half-
Page 60 and 61: 48 celestial North Pole. When the o
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Page 66 and 67: 54 for an observer stationed exactl
Page 68 and 69: 56 today as they were millions of y
Page 70 and 71: 58 The Taittirîya Samhitâ and the
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Page 74 and 75: 62 يig-Veda which describe the mot
Page 76 and 77: 64 idea that the day and the night
Page 78 and 79: 66 language a fact quite different
Page 80 and 81: 68 corroborate this statement in a
Page 82 and 83: 70 showed to him “the path of Maz
Page 84 and 85: 72 examining the whole of the Vedic
Page 86 and 87: 74 CHAPTER V THE VEDIC DAWNS Dawn-h
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Page 90 and 91: 78 even though we may accept this a
Page 92 and 93: 80 WILSON, (following Sâyana): For
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86 It is therefore clear that the v
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88 than one dawn is intended. The d
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90 can regard them as constituting
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92 are not separated (na avaprijyan
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94 sure Sâyana himself would have
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96 the dawn greet us on the horizon
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98 every twenty-four hours. All the
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100 (4) The thirty parts of the daw
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102 in former days (purâ) and here
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104 VERSE 8, — This verse is also
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106 2. Possessed of song, decoratin
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108 7. Through the sky, the illumin
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110 12. The first dawn (is) the chi
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112 they formed part of an entire h
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114 of the Vedic dawn is once demon
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116 through darkness”; and in VII
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118 separate?” Was it because it
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120 solar and the lunar year was so
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122 sense. It is evident, therefore
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124 that Ushâsâ-naktâ also means
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126 “The twin pair (the first cou
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128 day is found in X, 138, 3. This
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130 be that the horses rested at th
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132 ordinary days and nights in the
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134 us take a lesson from this stor
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136 CHAPTER VII MONTHS AND SEASONS
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138 or rather the system of making
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140 names of the different suns are
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142 Vibhâsa and Kashyapa; the last
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144 is evident from the passage in
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146 1; X, 189, 3). A cast away bird
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148 times, that is, before the Arya
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150 (tamasi kshiyantam).”* In X,
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152 race and we shall see in the ne
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154 enjoins that the house where su
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156 is found in the legend of Dîrg
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158 Petersburg Lexicon assigns this
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160 through ages of mankind, guard
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162 (prathamâ) and the “last”
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164 legend of the Dashagvas who are
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166 have been included in the latte
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168 “The twelve-spoked wheel, in
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170 vichakshanam. In short, the ver
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172 sacrificial session of the prim
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174 puraḥ (cities) of Vritra —
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176 (I, 33, 10). The two evidently
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178 been all very minutely and care
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180 of each. The first occurs in th
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182 and this reticence is very rema
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184 tradition some how as inconveni
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186 for many.’ Here again the cow
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188 principal or the most important
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190 representative, since it forms
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192 Parts 1. The introductory Atir
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194 a civil year of 360 days formed
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196 speculative manner of the Brâh
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198 to put out my life.” And the
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200 days each, and there are left t
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202 same in either case and when it
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204 Another fact which favors this
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206 is one of the names given to In
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208 are undoubted in identical char
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210 the Ati-râtra sacrifice is per
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212 and lastly the Ati-râtra, to b
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214 are a relic of the ancient time
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216 CHAPTER IX VEDIC MYTHS — THE
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218 especially of the annual Sattra
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220 ancestors of the Vedic bards ev
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222 The Storm and the Dawn theories
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224 bringing with her the rays of t
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226 of the celestial luminaries mig
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228 by the slaughter of Vṛitra. T
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230 regarding the scene of the stru
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232 of Vṛitra. Vṛitra is a clou
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234 nether world, the celestial hem
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236 is not the only consequence, wh
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238 channels (khanitrimâh, thus cl
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240 probable, but the only one that
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242 the three earths as the heaven
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244 dawn with the sun) is described
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246 this underworld were not very d
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248 waters, for it is the nether wa
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250 Vṛitra meant that he released
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252 in the Parsi scriptures, but th
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254 begin to fly, the plants to gro
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256 to be flat and that as the Hade
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258 months and then growing old was
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260 sharadi.”* Now chatvârimshy
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262 Now Sharad is the fourth season
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264 that the wintry season was the
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266 of the year, for either of them
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268 these waters are described as f
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270 a seven-fold division of the te
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272 places of settlement. Hapta-hin
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274 neglected by ancient and modern
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276 CHAPTER X VEDIC MYTHS — THE M
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VRITRA TRIUMPHANT (WATERS AND THE S
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278 decayed-in winter; and an elabo
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280 between light and darkness, for
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282 The Vedic يishis are again sai
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284 the sun at the winter solstice
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286 It may also be observed that in
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288 and thus cured him of his blind
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290 woman, for assistance. The 5th
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292 great Earth is our parent mothe
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294 into the world after ten months
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296 (skanda) Chili, rising along wi
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298 the Dashagvas found him and bro
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300 and mean “the voracious Shush
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302 Lexicon, splits it into dasha a
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304 of setting (gaya-shiras). Prof.
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306 of Vishnu sleeping for four mon
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308 to their gods, rather than to a
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310 in the يig-Veda, and that his
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312 found in the Avesta. There Thr
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314 whatever the reason may be, the
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316 sea of salt water on the surfac
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318 ten-wiled person, are mentioned
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320 refer to seven months’ and te
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322 be given to the sacrificers fur
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324 يig-Veda mentions a monkey (ka
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326 traced to the يig-Veda. But it
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328 CHAPTER XI THE AVESTIC EVIDENCE
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330 appearance of Tishtrya before t
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332 to Darmesteter, and then accord
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Zend Name Old Persian 334 Greek Mod
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336 ends with Rangha, which corresp
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338 from “the north side of the A
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340 in the far north, at a great di
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342 passage in question speaks of a
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344 two months as described in the
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346 and enters into the world, ...
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348 seven rays and once as having t
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350 Sruto Airyênê vaêjahê, “f
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352 the explanation would still fai
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354 Darmesteter Spiegel that melt,
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356 ancestors of our race abandoned
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358 is naturally understood, in tha
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360 in the Avesta. Nevertheless it
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362 Brâhmana. Dr. Haug has arrived
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364 CHAPTER XII COMPARATIVE MYTHOLO
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366 twelve months’ duration. We h
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368 February were the last two mont
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370 on the auspicious occasion; and
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372 were the modifications of this
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374 therefore a Celtic paraphrase o
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376 the same conclusion. We are tol
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378 world of darkness are shown to
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380 Balder’s son Forseti or the J
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382 in which he proceeds to analyze
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384 Paradise Found, or the Cradle o
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386 antiquity — Theological views
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388 seen that in the sacrificial li
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390 the Avestic description of the
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392 a small and the universe by a g
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394 years;* and Mr. Aiyer is right
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396 than the Kali, this solution of
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398 preserved by the European branc
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400 races which lived with the Arya
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402 these races originated in Europ
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404 progress and civilization sudde
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406 that we can account for a year
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408 light of the dawn to these wors
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410 of it must have been irrecovera
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412 therefore, be, as observed abov
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414 we must rest content with the r
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416 question one way or the other;
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418 the author of Mîmâmsâ Sutras
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420 of Kathas, Kalâpas, Mudakas, P
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422 5000-3000 B.C. — The Orion Pe
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424 Vedic deities removes every dou
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426 the scientific and the theologi
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428 for future generations. It is i
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430 in the Taittirîya Samhitâ tha
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432 suggested, by the recent advanc
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Aiyangâr, Mr., Nârâyana, on the
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stations, the third hidden, explain
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Coins, bronze, in use amongst undiv
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Durga, a commentator on Yâska, 123
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Grill, on the German world-river, 2
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Kamadyu, a protégé of the Ashvins
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Apollon, 237; on seven rivers, 269,
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Odysseus, consuming the oxen of Hê
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night, 198; the reason of the numbe
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Shodashî, a Soma-sacrifice, 190. S
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77; or to admit of a five-fold or t
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WALLACE, supports Lyell’s theory
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