 | Sir William Jones - 1807 - 408 pages
...authority is divine re* velation ; 14. ' But, when there are two facred texts ' apparently inconfiftent, both are held to be law; ' for both are pronounced by the wife to be valid * and reconcileable ; 15. ' Thus in the Veda are thefe texts : " let * the facrifice... | |
 | William Jones - 1807 - 414 pages
...authority is divine re* relation ; 14. * But, when there are two facred texts * apparently inconfiftent, both are held to be law; ' for both are pronounced by the wife to be valid * and reconcileable ; 15. ' Thus in the Veda are thefe texts: " let * the facrifice... | |
 | James Mill - 1817 - 688 pages
...book V. ch. 3, subsect. 115, 116, ch. i. sect. 2, subsect. 34. •$. Laws of Menu, ch. ix. 214. § " When there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent,...for both are pronounced by the wise to be valid and reconcileable. Thus in the Veda are these texts : Let the sacrifice be when the sun has arisen, and... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1825 - 490 pages
...su' preme authority is divine revelation ; 14. ' But, when there are two sacred texts, appa' rently inconsistent, both are held to be law ; for both ' are pronounced by the wise to be valid and recon' cilable ; 15. < Thus in the Feda fire these texts: " let the " sacrifice be when the sun has... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1825 - 488 pages
...su' preme authority is divine revelation ; 14. ' But, when there are two sacred texts, appa' rentty inconsistent, both are held to be law ; for both ' are pronounced by the wise to be valid and recon' cilable ; 15. ' Thus in the Feda are these texts: " let the " sacrifice be when the sun has... | |
 | Robert Rickards - 1829 - 682 pages
...minutest domestic habits; and has therefore pear to exhibit inconsistencies or opposite enactments : " When " there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent,...both are pronounced by the wise to be " valid and reconcileable. Thus in the Veda are these texts ; " Let the sacrifice be when the sun has arisen ;... | |
 | James Mill - 1858 - 424 pages
...Manu is declared invalid.—W. 2 When there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent, both arc held to be law, for both are pronounced by the wise to he valid and reconcileable. Thus in the Veda are these texts; Let the sacrifice be when the sun has... | |
 | Jagannát'ha Tercapanchánana - 1864 - 510 pages
...the sense, and reconciling seeming contradictions, to fulfil the precept of their great lawgiver, " When there are " two sacred texts apparently inconsistent,...both are pronounced by the Wise to be " valid and reconcileable."f From various digests, and from commentaries on the institutes of law, the present... | |
 | Shama Churun Sircar - 1867 - 1246 pages
...those of MAN u himself ; but it is not optional with us to reject any of them, for MANU enjoins : " when there are two sacred texts apparently inconsistent,...for both are pronounced by the wise to be valid and reconcilable." Under such circumstances a reconciliation of the contradictions and discrepancies was... | |
 | Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 366 pages
...knowledge of right is a sufficient incentive for men unattached to wealth or sensuality, p. 15, s. 13 Where there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent, both are held to be law, p. 15, s. 14 Examples from the Veda, p. 15, s. 15 Who has a right to study the Veda, p. 15, s. 16 Custom... | |
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... a knowledge of right, the supreme authority is divine revelation. 14. "But, when there are two sacred texts, apparently inconsistent, both are held to be law; for both are pronounced by the wise to be valid and reconcilable. 15. "Thus in the Veda... 
