The Vishnu Purana - Title Page
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HINDUISM
THE
VISHNU PURÁNA,
A SYSTEM
OF
HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION,
TRANSLATED
FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSCRIT,
AND
ILLUSTRATED BY NOTES
DERIVED CHIEFLY FROM OTHER PURÁN?AS,
BY
H. H. WILSON, M. A. F.R?.
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, AND OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETIES OF BENGAL AND PARIS; OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS, MOSCOW; OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF BERLIN AND MUNICH; PHIL. DR. IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BRESLAU AND BODEN PROFESSOR OF SANSCRIT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD;
LONDON,
PUBLISHED BY JOHN MURRAY,
ALBEMARLE STREET.
[1840]
OXFORD, PRINTED BY T. COMBE, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY.
TO
THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS, AND SCHOLARS
OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
THIS WORK
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY
H. H. WILSON,
IN TESTIMONY OF HIS VENERATION FOR
THE UNIVERSITY,
AND IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE DISTINCTION
CONFERRED UPON HIM
BY HIS ADMISSION AS A MEMBER,
AND HIS ELECTION
TO THE
BODEN PROFESSORSHIP OF THE SANSCRIT LANGUAGE.
OXFORD,
Feb. 10, 1840.
'The Vishnu Purana', translated by Horace Hayman Wilson,
is public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
is public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.