Annotations on the Sacred Writings of the Hindüs: Being an Epitome of Some of the Most Remarkable and Leading Tenets in the Faith of That People, Illustrating Their Priapic Rites and Phallic Principles (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Annotations on the Sacred Writings of the Hind�s: Being an Epitome of Some of the Most Remarkable and Leading Tenets in the Faith of That People, Illustrating Their Priapic Rites and Phallic Principles When we reflect upon certain peculiarities of the Religious Worship practised by the Hin dus; on its great antiquity, on the fact, that two thousand years before the Christian aera it was, as at the present day, in full force; that it witnessed the rise, decline and fall of the Idolatry of Egypt, and of ...
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Excerpt from Annotations on the Sacred Writings of the Hind�s: Being an Epitome of Some of the Most Remarkable and Leading Tenets in the Faith of That People, Illustrating Their Priapic Rites and Phallic Principles When we reflect upon certain peculiarities of the Religious Worship practised by the Hin dus; on its great antiquity, on the fact, that two thousand years before the Christian aera it was, as at the present day, in full force; that it witnessed the rise, decline and fall of the Idolatry of Egypt, and of the great Western Mythology of Greece and Rome; that hitherto it has scarcely yielded in the slightest degree to the adverse influence of the Mohammedan race on the one hand, or to European dictation on the other; and that it exercises, by its system of caste, a powerful control over the manners, customs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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