This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant storehouse of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, &c. The reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository "Forest Books" in which "the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed", and those great epic poems the R???m???yana, which is three times longer than the Iliad, and the M ...
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This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant storehouse of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, &c. The reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository "Forest Books" in which "the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed", and those great epic poems the R???m???yana, which is three times longer than the Iliad, and the M???h???bharata, which is four times longer than the R???m???yana. In no other country have the national poets given fuller and finer expression to the beliefs and ideals and traditions of a people, or achieved as a result wider and more enduring fame. At the present day over two hundred million Hindus are familiar in varying degrees with the legendary themes and traditional beliefs which the ancient forest sages and poets of India invested with much beautiful symbolism, and used as mediums for speculative thought and profound spiritual teachings.
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Warwick Goble. Good. A beautifully illustrated collection of Indian myths and legends from Scottish folklorist Donald Alexander Mackenzie. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven colour plates, and thirty-two monochromatic plates. Collated complete. A collection of myths and legends of India, full of rich and abundant stories from Sanskrit literature, as well as the rise of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, and more. With chapters on Indra, the great Vedic deities, Yama the first man, mysteries of creation, and exile. Written by Donald Alexander Mackenzie, a Scottish journalist and folklorist who was a prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology. Illustrated by Warwick Goble, a British illustrator known for his children's books. Dated from the British Library. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd mark to the boards. Splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge starting with the frontispiece loosening. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd small handling mark. Previous owner's embossed stamp and bookplate to the front endpapers. Good.