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- TABLE OF CONTENTS. (For Alberum's Synopsis of the Single Chapters of the Book, vide pp. 9-16.)
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- CHAPTER II.
ON THE RELIEF OF THE HINDUS IN GOD. - CHAPTER III.
ON THE HINDU RELIEF AS TO CREATED THINGS, BOTH "INTELLIGIBILIA" AND "SENSIBILIA". - CHAPTER IV.
FROM WHAT CAUSE ACTION ORIGINATES, AND HOW THE SOUL IS CONNECTED WITH MATTER. - CHAPTER V.
ON THE STATE OF THE SOULS, AND THEIR MIGRATIONS THROUGH THE WORLD IN THE METEMPSYCHOSIS. - CHAPTER VI.
ON THE DIFFERENT WORLDS, AND ON THE PLACES OF RETRIBUTION IN PARADISE AND HELL. - CHAPTER VII.
ON THE NATURE OF LIBERATION FROM THE WORLD, AND ON THE PATH LEADING THERETO. - CHAPTER VIII.
ON THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CREATED BEINGS, AND ON THEIR NAMES. - CHAPTER IX.
ON THE CASTES, CALLED " COULOURS " (VARNA), AND ON THE CLASSES BELOW THEM. - CHAPTER X.
ON THE SOURCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS AND CIVIL LAW, ON PROPHETS, AND ON THE QUESTION WHETHER SINGLE LAWS CAN BE ABROGATED OR NOT. - CHAPTER XI.
ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF IDOL-WORSHIP, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL IDOLS. - CHAPTER XII.
ON THE VEDA, THE PUBANAS, AND OTHER KINDS OF THEIR NATIONAL LITERATURE. - CHAPTER XIII.
THEIR GRAMMATICAL AND METRICAL LITERATURE. - CHAPTER XIV.
HINDU LITERATURE IN THE OTHER SCIENCES-ASTRONOMY, ASTROLOGY, ETC. - CHAPTER XV.
NOTES ON HINDU METROLOGY, INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE UNDERSTANDING OF ALL KINDS OF MEASUREMENTS WHICH OCCUR IN THIS BOOK. - CHAPTER XVI.
NOTES ON THE WRITING OF THE HINDUS, ON THEIR ARITHMETIC AND RELATED SUBJECTS, AND ON CERTAIN STRANGE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THEIRS. - CHAPTER XVII.
ON HINDU SCIENCES WHICH PREY ON THE IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE. - CHAPTER XVIII.
VARIOUS NOTES ON THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR RIVERS, AND THEIR OCEAN - ITINERARIES OF THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THEIR SEVERAL KINGDOMS, AND BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR COUNTRY. - CHAPTER XIX.
ON THE NAMES OF THE PLANETS, THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, THE LUNAR STATIONS, AND RELATED SUBJECTS. - CHAPTER XX.
ON THE BRAHMÂNDA. - CHAPTER XXI.
DESCRIPTION OF EARTH AND HEAVEN ACCORDING TO THE RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF THE HINDUS, BASED UPON THEIR TRADITIONAL LITERATURE. - CHAPTER XXII.
TRADITIONS RELATING TO THE POLE. - CHAPTER XXIII.
ON MOUNT MERU ACCORDING TO THE RELIEF OF THE AUTHORS OF THE PURÂNAS AND OF OTHERS. - CHAPTER XXIV.
TRADITIONS OF THE PURÂNAS REGARDING EACH OF THE SEVEN DVIPAS. - CHAPTER XXV.
ON THE RIVERS OF INDIA, THEIR SOURCES AND COURSES. - CHAPTER XXVI.
ON THE SHAPE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH ACCORDING TO THE HINDU ASTRONOMERS. - CHAPTER XXVII.
ON THE FIRST TWO MOTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE (THAT FROM EAST TO WEST ACCORDING TO ANCIENT ASTRONOMERS, AND THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES) BOTH ACCORDING TO THE HINDU ASTRONOMERS AND THE AUTHORS OF THE PURÂNAS - CHAPTER XXVIII.
ON THE DEFINITION OF THE TEN DIRECTIONS. - CHAPTER XXIX.
DEFINITION OF THE INHABITABLE EARTH ACCORDING TO THE HINDUS. - CHAPTER XXX.
ON LANKÂ, OR THE CUPOLA OF THE EARTH. - CHAPTER XXXI.
ON THAT DIFFERENCE OF VARIOUS PLACES WHICH WE CALL THE DIFFERENCE OF LONGITUDE - CHAPTER XXXII.
ON THE NOTIONS OF DURATION AND TIME IN GENERAL, AND ON THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND ITS DESTRUCTION. - CHAPTER XXXIII.
ON THE VARIOUS KINDS OF THE DAY OR NYCHTHEMERON, AND ON DAY AND NIGHT IN PARTICULAR. - CHAPTER XXXIV.
ON THE DIVISION OF THE NYCHTHEMERON INTO MINOR PARTICLES OF TIME. - CHAPTER XXXV.
ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONTHS AND YEARS. - CHAPTER XXXVI.
ON THE FOUR MEASURES OF TIME CALLED MÂNA. - CHAPTER XXXVII.
ON THE PARTS OF THE MONTH AND THE YEAR. - CHAPTER XXXVIII.
ON THE VARIOUS OF TIME COMPOSED OF DAYS, THE LIFE OF BRAHAM INCLUDED. - CHAPTER XXXIX.
ON MEASURES OF TIME WHICH ARE LARGER THAN THE LIFE OF BRAHMAN. - CHAPTER XL.
ON THE SAMDHI, THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO PERIODS OF TIME, FORMING THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THEM. - .......... Page(s) .......... 7
- CHAPTER XLII.
ON THE DIVISION OF THE CATURYUGA INTO YUGAS, AND THE DIFFERENT OPINIONS REGARDING THE LATTER. - CHAPTER XLIIIL
A DESCRIPTION OF THE FOUR YUGAS, AND OF ALL THAT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE END OF THE FOURTH YUGA. - CHAPTER XLIV.
ON THE MANVANTARAS. - CHAPTER XLV.
ON THE CONSTELLATION OF THE GREAT BEAR. - CHAPTER XLVI.
ON NÂRÂYANA, HIS APPEARANCE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND HIS NAMES. - CHAPTER XLVII.
ON VÂSUDEVA AND THE WARS OF THE BHÂRATA. - CHAPTER XLVIII.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE MEASURE OF AN AKSHAUHINI. - CHAPTER XLIX.
A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE ERAS. - CHAPTER L.
HOW MANY STAR-CYCLES THERE ARE BOTH IN A " KALPA " AND IN A " CATURYUGA. " - CHAPTER LI.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS "ADHIMÂSA, " " ÛNARÂTRA, " AND THE " AHARGANAS, " AS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT SUMS OF DAYS. - CHAPTER LII.
ON THE CALCULATION OF " AHARGANA " IN GENERAL, THAT IS, THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS AND MONTHS INTO DAYS, AND, VICE VERSÂ, THE COMPOSITION OF YEARS AND MONTHS OUT OF DAYS. - CHAPTER LIII.
ON THE AHARGANA, OR THE RESOLUTION OF YEARS INTO MONTHS, ACCORDING TO SPECIAL RULES WHICH ARE ADOPTED IN THE CALENDARS FOR CERTAIN DATES OR MOMENTS OF TIME. - CHAPTER LIV.
ON THE COMPUTATION OF THE MEAN PLACES OF THE PLANETS. - CHAPTER LV.
ON THE ORDER OF THE PLANETS, THEIR DISTANCES AND SIZES. - CHAPTER LVI.
ON THE STATIONS OF THE MOON. - CHAPTER LVII.
ON THE HELIACAL RISINGS OF THE STARS, AND ON THE CEREMONIES AND RITES WHICH THE HINDUS PRACTISE AT SUCH A MOMENT. - CHAPTER LVIII.
HOW AND FLOW FOLLOW EACH OTHER IN THE OCEAN. - CHAPTER LIX.
ON THE SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES. - CHAPTER LX.
ON THE PARVAN. - CHAPTER LXI.
ON THE DOMINANTS OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES OF TIME IN BOTH RELIGIOUS AND ASTRONOMICAL RELATIONS, AND ON CONNECTED SUBJECTS. - .......... Page(s) .......... 8
- CHAPTER LXIII.
ON THAT WHICH ESPECIALLY CONCERNS THE BRAHMANS, AND WHAT THEY ARE OBLIGED TO DO DURING THEIR WHOLE LIFE. - CHAPTER LXIV.
ON THE RITES AND CUSTOMS WHICH THE OTHER CASTES, BESIDES THE BRAHMANS, PRACTICE DURING THEIR LIFETIME. - CHAPTER LXV.
ON THE SACRIFICES. - CHAPTER LXVI.
ON PILGRIMAGE AND THE VISITING OF SACRED PLACES. - CHAPTER LXVII.
ON ALMS, AND HOW A MAN MUST SPEND WHAT HE EARNS. - CHAPTER LXVIII.
ON WHAT IS ALLOWED AND FORBIDDEN IN EATING AND DRINKING. - CHAPTER LXIX.
ON MATRIMONY, THE MENSTRUAL COURSES, EMBRYOS, AND CHILDBED. - CHAPTER LXX.
ON LAWSUITS. - CHAPTER LXXI.
ON FUNISHMENTS AND EXPIATIONS. - CHAPTER LXXII.
ON INHERITANCE, AND WHAT CLAIM THE DECEASED PERSON HAS ON IT. - CHAPTER LXXIII.
ABOUT WHAT IS DUE TO THE BODIES OF THE DEAD AND OF THE LIVING (THAT IS, ABOUT BURYING AND SUICIDE). - CHAPTER LXXIV.
ON FASTING, AND THE VARIOUS KINDS OF IT. - CHAPTER LXXV.
ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE FAST-DAYS. - CHAPTER LXXVI.
ON THE FESTIVALS AND FESTIVE DAYS. - CHAPTER LXXVII.
ON DAYS WHICH ARE HELD IN SPECIAL VENERATION, ON LUCKY AND UNLUCKY TIMES, AND ON SUCH TIMES AS ARE PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE FOR ACQUIRING IN THEM BLISS IN HEAVEN. - CHAPTER LXXVIII.
ON THE KARANAS. - CHAPTER LXXIX.
ON THE YOGAS. - CHAPTER LXXXI.
ON THE INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ASTROLOGY, WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THEIR METHODS OF ASTROLOGICAL CALCULATIONS.