Acknowledgement : * "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans", by Henry David Thoreau, [1932], p. V ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE manuscript and transcription of "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans" are here presented through the kind permission of Mrs. Flora Livingston, Custodian of the Widener Memorial Collecti...
Title Page : * "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans", by Henry David Thoreau, [1932], THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SEVEN BRAHMANS A Translation FROM THE HARIVANSA OF LANGLOIS BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU Edited From Manuscript WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ARTHUR CHRISTY NEW YORK WILLIAM EDWIN RUDGE [1932]...
The Transcription : * "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans", by Henry David Thoreau, [1932], p. 1 THE TRANSCRIPTION The transcription is based on revision and interlinear changes made on the manuscript by Thoreau himself. Only what he seems to have intended to be the final form is presented here. The footnotes...
Introduction : * "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans", by Henry David Thoreau, [1932], p. X INTRODUCTION The editor has made no changes in the antiquated form of spelling Anglicized Sanskrit words used by Thoreau. In his own discussion the modern form is followed. p. XI INTRODUCTION THE fascination which...
Untitled : This is a short translation from the "Harivamsa", a Sanskrit text which is techncially a Purana. This translation is notable because the translation is by Henry David Thoreau, the prominent 19th century American philosopher and writer. Title Page Acknowledgement Contents Introducti...
Translation : * "The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans", by Henry David Thoreau, [1932], p. 2 p. 3 THE WORLD IS FOUNDED UPON THE SRADDHA * RITES IN HONOR OF ANCESTORS THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SEVEN BRAHMANS THE divine eye, which Santacoumara had given me, made me perceive the seven Brahmans, of whom he had...
