Contents:
Preface to the English Translation;
Preface to the German edition;
List of Abbreviations used in the Notes;
Directions for Pronunciation of Indian Names and Words;
INTRODUCTION. 1-51;
Extent and Significance of Indian Literature. 1-8;
The Beginnings of the Study of Indian Literature in Europe. 8-25;
The Chronology of Indian Literature. 25-30;
The Art of Writing and the Transmission of Indian Literature. 31-40;
Indian Languages in their Relation to Literature. 40-51;
SECTION I. THE VEDA OR THE VEDIC LITERATURE. 52-310;
What is the Veda? 52-56;
The Rgveda-Samhita.57-119;
The Atharvaveda-Samhita. 119-163;
The Samaveda-Samhita. 163-169;
The Samhitas of the Yajurveda. 169-187;
The Brahmanas. 187-225;
Aranyakas and Upanisads, 225-247;
The Fundamental Doctrines of the Upanisads. 247-267;
The Vedangas. 268-289;
The Literature of Ritual. 271-282;
The Exegetic Vedangas. 282-289;
The Age of the Veda. 290-310;
SECTION II. THE POPULAR EPICS AND THE PURANAS. 311-606;
The Beginnings of Epic Poetry in India. 311-316;
What is the Mahabharata? 316-327;
The Principal Narrative of the Mahabharata. 327-375;
Ancient Heroic Poetry in the Mahabharata. 375-387;
Brahmanical Myths and Legends in the Mahabharata. 387-405;
Fables, Parables and Moral Narratives in the Mahabharata. 405-422;
The Didactic Sections of the Mahabharata. 422-442;
The Harivamsa, an Appendix to the Mahabharata. 443-454;
The Age and History of the Mahabharata. 454-475;
The Ramayana, both a Popular Epic and an Ornate Poem. 475-479;
Contents of the Ramayana. 479-495;
The Genuine and the Spurious in the Ramayana. 495-500;
The Age of the Ramayana. 500-517;
The Puranas and their Position in Indian Literature. 517-530;
Survey of the Purana Literature. 530-586;
The Tantra Literature (Samhitas, Agamas, Tantras). 586-606;
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 607-611.
INDEX. 612-634.