[Illustration: SITA FINDS RAMA AMONG LOTUS BLOOMS _From the painting by Warwick Goble_] This volume deals with the myths and legends of India, which survive to us in the rich and abundant storehouse of Sanskrit literature, and with the rise and growth of Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, &c. The reader is introduced to the various sacred works of the Hindus, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository “Forest Books” in which “the Absolute is grasped and proclaimed”, and those great epic poems the _Rámáyana_, which is three times longer than the _Iliad_, and the _Máhábharata_, which is four times longer than the _Rámáyana_. In no other country …
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