Excerpt from Gleanings From Indian Classics This book is an attempt to popularize the noble work begun by Sit' William Jones and Colebrooke, ' and is being carried on by Monier Williams, Max muller and a host of other great men. The Hindus live in their religion 'there is. Nothing in his every day life which is not co-mixed with his religion one cannot study them without studying his literature, philosophy and religion. But all these are locked up, n a language difficult to master and hence the works published by the great orientalists have failed to influence the popular mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.