A View of the History Literature and Religion of the Hindoos Volume 4 Including a Minute Description of their Manners and Customs and Translations from their Principal Works 1st Edition by William Ward ISBN 978-1108008242 1108008240
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ISBN 10: 1108008240
ISBN 13: 978-1108008242
Author: William Ward
William Ward’s account of the Hindu communities among whom he served as a Baptist missionary in Serampore in West Bengal was first published in 1811 and reprinted in this third edition in 1817. It was an extremely influential work that shaped British views of the newly defined entity of ‘Hinduism’ in the early nineteenth century. Ward and his fellow missionaries promoted social reforms and education, establishing the Serampore Mission Press in 1800 and Serampore College in 1818. Ward devoted twenty years to compiling his study of Hindu literature, history, mythology and religion, which was eventually published in four volumes. It provided richly detailed information, and was regarded as authoritative for the next fifty years. It is still an important source for researchers in areas including Indian history, British colonialism, Orientalism and religious studies. Volume 4 includes translations from Hindu sacred texts and philosophical writings, and Ward’s own reflections on education.
Table of contents:
CHAPTER I. Accounts of the Hindoos Derived from Their Writings
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Account of fifty-five kingdoms in India, from the Shüktee-Sambhédu
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Translation from the Siddhanta-Shiromünce, by Bhasktörü, containing a geographical description of the earth
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Remarks on the military works, and on the military tactics of the ancient Hindoos
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Remarks on the works on the arts
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Remarks on the Süngskrit grammars
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Remarks on dictionaries
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A list of translations from the Süngskritů
CHAPTER III. The Present State of Learning among the Hindoos
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The present state of learning among the Hindoos
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The learned men
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The colleges
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A list of Matt’hüs, or convent of ascetics, where the shastrus are taught, at Benares—of colleges at Nüdēēya—at Calcutta—at other places—college libraries—college titles
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Indiscretions of the students
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The number of holidays a great impediment to learning
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Total decline of learning
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Libraries of learned men—state of learning among women
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Method of keeping books
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Concluding remarks on the progress already made in bringing to light the Hindoo literature
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