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Title: Sacred Books of the East

Author: Various

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SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST

Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada,
Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha, with Critical and
Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson, A.M.

1900

CONTENTS

VEDIC HYMNS

Introduction
To the Unknown God
To the Maruts
To the Maruts and Indra
To Indra and the Maruts
To Agni and the Maruts
To Rudra
To Rudra
To Agni and the Maruts
To Vayu
To Vayu
Indra and Agastya: A Dialogue
To Soma and Rudra
To Rudra
To Vata
To Vata

THE ZEND-AVESTA

Introduction
Discovery of the Zend-Avesta
The Creation
Myth of Yima
The Earth
Contracts and Outrages
Uncleanness
Funerals and Purification
Cleansing the Unclean
Spells Recited During the Cleansing
To Fires, Waters, Plants
To the Earth and the Sacred Waters
Prayer for Helpers
A Prayer for Sanctity and its Benefits
To the Fire
To the Bountiful Immortals
Praise of the Holy Bull
To Rain as a Healing Power
To the Waters and Light of the Sun
To the Waters and Light of the Moon
To the Waters and Light of the Stars

THE DHAMMAPADA

Introduction
CHAPTER
I.--The Twin-Verses
II.--On Earnestness
III.--Thought
IV.--Flowers
V.--The Fool
VI.--The Wise Man
VII.--The Venerable
VIII.--The Thousands
IX.--Evil
X.--Punishment
XI.--Old Age
XII.--Self
XIII.--The World
XIV.--The Buddha--The Awakened
XV.--Happiness
XVI.--Pleasure
XVII.--Anger
XVIII.--Impurity
XIX.--The Just
XX.--The Way
XXI.--Miscellaneous
XXII.--The Downward Course
XXIII.--The Elephant
XXIV.--Thirst
XXV.--The Bhikshu
XXVI.--The Brahmana

THE UPANISHADS

Introduction

KAUSHITAKI-UPANISHAD.--
The Couch of