Synopsis of Contents

BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE CONTENTS OF VOLUME Y

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Section I. Vratas ( religious vows ) and Utsavas

(religious festivals )

1-462 Chapter I. Vrata in the Rgveda.

1-21 Chapter II. Vrata in the Vedic Literature,

Sūtras, Smśtis, definition and importance of Vratas.

22-50

Chapter III. Persons entitled to engage in

Vratas, .objects desired by means of Vra tas, classifications of Vratas, Literature on Vratas, times for Vratas.

51-80 Chapter IV. Individual vratas, Caitra Prati

pad, Rāmanavami, Akṣayya-trtīyā, Parasu

rāmajayanti, Daśaharā, Savitrivrata. 81-94 Chapter V. Ekādasi.

95-121 Chapter VI. Cāturmāsya.

122–123 Chapter VII. Vratas called Nāgapancami,

Manasāpājā, Rakṣābandhana, Krṣṇa janmāṣtami

124–143 Chapter VIII. Vratas of Haritālikā, Ganesa

caturthi, Rṣipañcami, Anantacaturdasi.

144-153 Chapter IX. Navarātra or Durgotsava. 154–187 Chapter X. Vijayādaśamī and Divāļi. 188-210 Chapter XI. Makarasankrānti and Mabāśiva

rātri,

211-236

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Chapter XII. Holikā and Grahaṇa (Eclipses)

237–259 Chapter XIII. List of other Vratas and

Utsavas.

251-462 Section II. Kala, Muhurta, the influence of Astro

logy on Dharmasastra and Calendar 463-718 Chapter XIV. Conception of Kāla ( Time) 463–485 Chapter XV. Units of Kāla.

486-536 Chapter XVI. Muhūrta,

537-603 Chapter XVII. Mubūrtas for religious rites

604-640 Chapter XVIII. Calendar, eras, various reck

onings about years, months etc. 641-685 Chapter XIX. Kalpa, Manvantara, Mahāyuga,

Yuga.

686-718 Section III, śānti ( propitiatory rite for averting

the deity’s wrath, a calamity or an un lucky event.

719-814 Chapter XX. Vedic meaning and procedure

of Sāntis.

719-747 Chapter XXI. Individual śāntis. 748-814 Section IV. Purāṇas and Dharmasāstra. 815-912 Chapter XXII. Origin and development of

Purāṇa literature.

815-886 Chapter XXIII. Brief notes on individual

Purāṇas and Upaparāṇas.

887-912 Section V. Purūnas and disappearance of Bu

ddhism.

913-1030 Chapter XXIV. Influence of Purāṇas on

Dharmaśāstra,

913–1002

192t.

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History of Dharmaścīstra

Chapter XXV, Causes of the disappearanoe

of Buddhism from India.

1003–1030 Section VI. Tāntrik doctrines and Dharmasastra,

Nyāsa, Mudrā, Yantra, Cakra, Mandala.

1031-1151 Chapter XXVI. Tantrik doctrines and Dhar

maśāstra

1031-1119 Chapter XXVII. Nyāsas, Mudrās, Yantra,

Cakra, Mandala and Appendix on Works on Tantra.

1120-1151 Section VII. Pirvamimāṁsā and Dharmasastra.

1152–1351 Chapter XXVIII. Mimāṁsā and Dharma

śāstra.

1152-1201 Chapter XXIX. Some fundamental doctrines

of Purva-mimāṁsā.

1202–1282 Chapter XXX, On Mimāṁsā principles and

rules of interpretation in relation to

Dharmaśāstra; appendix on Nyāyas. 1283–1351 Section VIII. Relation of Sāṅkhya, Yoga and

Tarka to Dharmaśāstra. 1352-1482 Chapter XXXI. Dharmaśāstra and Sāākhya.

1352–1384 Chapter XXXII, Yoga and Dharmaśāstra.

1385–1467 Chapter XXXIII. Tarka and Dharmaśāstra.

1468-1482 Section IX. Cosmology and the doctrine of Karma

and Punarjanma.

1483-1612 Chapter XXXIV. Cosmology. 1483-1529

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Chapter XXXV. The doctrine of Karma and … Punarjanma.

1530-1612 Section X. The fundamental conceptions and chara

cteristics of Hindu ( Bhāratīya) Cul ture and civilization from Vedic Times to about 1800 A.D., and future trends -

1613–1711 Chapter XXXVI. Fundamental and leading

characteristics and conceptions of Hindu culture and civilization.

1613-1657 Chapter XXXVII. Future trends. 1658–1711 Epilogue; Acknowledgments and Thanks. 1-XXII