Indian Myth and Legend Donald A Mackenzie

 Indian Myth and Legend 

Author: Donald A Mackenzie

Publisher: The Gresham Publishing Company            

Edition: First 1913

ISBN: Not stated 

Language: English

Condition: Excellent Antiquarian Condition. Clean copy with tight binding. 

Binding: Hardcover   

Pages: 463. Print with colour and black and white plates 

Additional Information

This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant storehouse of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, &c. The reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository "Forest Books" in which "the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed", and those great epic poems the Rámáyana, which is three times longer than the Iliad, and the Máhábharata, which is four times longer than the Rámáyana. In no other country have the national poets given fuller and finer expression to the beliefs and ideals and traditions of a people, or achieved as a result wider and more enduring feme. At the present day over two hundred million Hindus are familiar in varying degrees with the legendary themes and traditional beliefs which the ancient forest sages and poets of India invested with much beautiful symbolism, and used as mediums for speculative thought and profound spiritual teachings. The sacred books of India are to the Hindus what the Bible is to Christians. 

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