Volume 1 — CHAPTER II
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THE VEDAS, BRÂHMA@NAS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY
1 The Vedas and their antiquity……………………………10 2 The place of the Vedas in the Hindu mind………………….10 3 Classification of the Vedic literature……………………11 4 The Sa@mhitâs………………………………………….12 5 The Brâhma@nas…………………………………………13 6 The Âra@nyakas…………………………………………14 7 The @Rg-Veda, its civilization…………………………..14 8 The Vedic gods…………………………………………16 9 Polytheism, Henotheism, and Monotheism……………………17 10 Growth of a Monotheistic tendency; Prajâpati, Vis'vakarma…..19 11 Brahma………………………………………………..20 12 Sacrifice; the First Rudiments of the Law of Karma…………21 13 Cosmogony—Mythological and Philosophical…………………23 14 Eschatology; the Doctrine of Âtman……………………….25 15 Conclusion…………………………………………….26