Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religions of India (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1882. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... index abipones, their idea of numbers, P-H-Abraham, his perception of the unity of the Godhead, 69. Abyssinian or Nubian tribes, 71.--of Semitic race, 71. Accents in the Veda, 70.--not marked in later Sanskrit, 147---of Zeus and Dyaus alike, 147. Active, everything named as, 192.--does not mean human, 193: --natural objects as, 280. Adhyaya or lecture, 164. Aditi, the infinite, 233.--not a modern deity, 234.--natural origin of, 235.--the oldest, 237.--the place of, taken by.Rita, 246. Aditi and Diti, 236. Aditya, the sun, 266, 270. Adityas, sons of Aditi, 233, 234.--seven or eight, 236. Adonai, 187. AduAsp-'shia Samhita, 169, note. Africa, full of animal fables, 18. African religion, higher elements in, 109.--Waitz on, 109.--many-sidedness of, 119. African savages, Portuguese sailors on, 59. African tribes, classified by Waitz, 70, 71. Aara, a general predicate of deities, not decaying, 203, 278. Agni, ignis, 212.--supreme, 293.--becomes Varuna, 297. Agni Mitra, 297., --Savitrt, 297.--Indra, 297.--same as Indra and Vish-u, 297. Agnihotra and Vedic sacrifices, 144. Agnihotris, or sacrificers, 171. Ahu, Zend, conscience, world, San-skrit asu, breath, 197 note. Ahu in Zend, lord, 197 note. Ahura-mazda, 197 note. Aistheton, the infinite as an, 48. A arya, or spiritual guide, 352. Akesines, river, 207. Akra, people of, worship the sun, 112.--their god Jongmaa, 113. Akwapim, one word for God and weather, 114. All-Father, Charles Kingsleyon the, 222. All-gods, Visve Devas, 298. Amarta, not dying, 203. Amartya, an immortal, 266. American ethnologists, their excuse for slavery, 93. Ammon, 187. Anadhyaya, or non-reading days, holidays, 165. Ancestors, 376. Anchorite, sannyasin, 352. Ancient and modern belief, differ-ence between, 8. Ancient and modern litera...