The Project Gutenberg eBook, Sacred Books of the East, by Various, et al

Title: Sacred Books of the East

Author: Various

Release Date: July 12, 2004 [eBook #12894]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST***

E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, John Hagerson, David King,
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

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.

REVISED EDITION

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 Agní and the Maruts

To Vâyu

To Vâyu

Indra and Agastya: A Dialogue

To Soma and Rudra

To Rudra

To Vâta

To Vâta

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

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