A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos
including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works
Also known as A view of the history, literature, and mythology of the Hindoos: including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works ..; A view of the history, literature, and mythology of the Hindoos: including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principla works; A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos: including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works ..
by William Ward
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Mode of access: Internet
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
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Editions
4 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A view of the history, literature, and mythology of the Hindoos: including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1815-01-01T00:00:00Z | Printed at the Mission Press; Serampore : Printed at the Mission press; Serampore : Printed at the Mission Press; Serampore, Printed at the Mission press | English | — | Public digitized item | |
including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1815-01-01T00:00:00Z | Serampore : Printed at the Mission Press | English | — | Public digitized item | |
including a minute description of their manners and customs, and translations from their principal works Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1863 | J. Higginbotham; Madras, J. Higginbotham | English | — | Public |
Subjects
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- History and criticism
- Literature
- India
- gods
- Manners and customs
- Hinduism
- Hindu mythology
- going
- Spirit
- Worship
- author
- goddess
- Sanskrit literature
- three days
- Hindus
- Mythology, Hindu
- respecting
- persons
- sanskrit
- die
- wise man
- three times
- ceremonies
- learned men
- image
- Social life and customs. [from old catalog]
- hindoo
- religious ceremonies
- India, social life and customs
- hindoos
- spiritual guide
- future happiness
- dead bodies
- worshipped
- visible objects
- animal soul
- bloody sacrifices
- clarified butter
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Emmanuel - University of Toronto
- Contributing institution: Oxford University
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- Contributing institution: University of Michigan
- Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
- Digitization sponsor: Google
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- Digitization sponsor: MSN
- Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
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- Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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