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

xxiv CONTENTS. PAGE 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.