वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

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or the differentiation of human races according to colour or lan-
guage still untraceable—The origin of Aryan man and religion
lost in geological antiquity—Theological views regarding the ori-
gin and character of the Vedas summarised—Differently supported
by writers on the different schools of philosophy—Patañjali's and
Vyâsa's view that the Vedas were lost in the last deluge and repro-
mulgated in substance, if not in form, at the beginning of the
new age—The four periods into which the Post-Glacial era may be
divided on astronomical grounds—Compared with the character-
istics of the four yugas given in the Aitareya Brâhmaṇa—Theolo-
gical and historical views regarding the origin &c., of the Vedas
stated in parallel columns and compared—Vedic texts, showing
that the subject matter of the hymns is ancient though the langu-
age may be new, cited—Vedic deities and their exploits all said
to be ancient—Improbability of Dr. Muir's suggested reconcilia-
tion—Vedas, or rather Vedic religion, shown to be inter-Glacial
in substance though post-Glacial in form—Concluding remarks. 414
GENERAL INDEX. . . . : . . . 467
INDEX OF VEDIC AND AVESTIC PASSAGES.