Ancient India, 2000 B. C.-800 A. D.Longmans, Green, and Company, 1893 - 196 pages |
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... earth , and distributed the fields to his white worshippers . The thunderer makes the sun shine , and the rain descend . ” — Rig Veda , I 100 , 18 . “ Indra with his thunderbolt , and full of vigour , has destroyed the towns of the ...
... earth , and distributed the fields to his white worshippers . The thunderer makes the sun shine , and the rain descend . ” — Rig Veda , I 100 , 18 . “ Indra with his thunderbolt , and full of vigour , has destroyed the towns of the ...
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... earth seem to be lost , and the noise ascends to the skies . The troops of the enemy are approaching . O Indra and Varuna ! who ever listen to our prayers , come near us with your protection . 4. " O Indra and Varuna ! you pierced the ...
... earth seem to be lost , and the noise ascends to the skies . The troops of the enemy are approaching . O Indra and Varuna ! who ever listen to our prayers , come near us with your protection . 4. " O Indra and Varuna ! you pierced the ...
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... earth with the rain you have created in the sky . 6. " O fortunate Sítá ( Furrow ) ! proceed onwards , we pray unto thee . Do thou bestow on us wealth and an abundant crop . 7. " May Indra accept this Sítá ; may Púshan lead her onwards ...
... earth with the rain you have created in the sky . 6. " O fortunate Sítá ( Furrow ) ! proceed onwards , we pray unto thee . Do thou bestow on us wealth and an abundant crop . 7. " May Indra accept this Sítá ; may Púshan lead her onwards ...
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... earth with sweet rains . O Suna and Síra ! bestow on us happiness . ” — Rig Veda , IV . 57 . This ancient agricultural song is marked by that sim- plicity and joyousness in active pursuits which mark all the most ancient effusions of ...
... earth with sweet rains . O Suna and Síra ! bestow on us happiness . ” — Rig Veda , IV . 57 . This ancient agricultural song is marked by that sim- plicity and joyousness in active pursuits which mark all the most ancient effusions of ...
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... earth were invoked in simple hymns to be present at the sacrifices , and to bestow health and progeny and wealth on the sacrificers . Wives joined their husbands at these domestic sacrifices , and some beautiful hymns are still ...
... earth were invoked in simple hymns to be present at the sacrifices , and to bestow health and progeny and wealth on the sacrificers . Wives joined their husbands at these domestic sacrifices , and some beautiful hymns are still ...
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Page 170 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 114 - ... whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger, for the combatants on either side in waging the conflict make carnage of each other, but allow those engaged in husbandry to remain quite...
Page 114 - Indians which contribute to prevent the occurrence of famine among them ; for whereas among other nations it is usual, in the contests of war, to ravage the soil, and thus to reduce it to an uncultivated waste, among the Indians, on the contrary, by whom husbandmen are regarded as a class that is sacred and inviolable, the tillers of the soil, even when battle is raging in their neighbourhood, are undisturbed by any sense of danger...
Page 131 - They then array themselves in fine muslin, and wear a few trinkets of gold on their fingers and in their ears. They eat flesh, but not that of animals employed in labour. They abstain from hot and highly seasoned food.
Page 148 - The day is not sufficient for asking and answering profound questions. From morning till night they engage in discussion; the old and the young mutually help one another.
Page 68 - The intelligent, whose body is spirit, whose form is light, whose thoughts are true, whose nature is like ether, omnipresent and invisible, from whom all works, all desires, all sweet odours and tastes proceed; he who embraces all this, who never speaks, and is never surprised...
Page 167 - For our purpose, the great value of the study of these Indian examples is that it widens so immensely our basis for architectural criticism. It is only by becoming familiar with forms so utterly dissimilar from those we have hitherto been conversant with, that we perceive how narrow is the purview that is content with one form or one passing fashion. By rising to this wider range, we shall perceive that architecture is as many-sided as human nature itself, and learn how few feelings and how few aspirations...
Page 101 - Ananda, am now grown old, and full of years, my journey is drawing to its close, I have reached my sum of days, I am turning eighty years of age...
Page 72 - From every sentence deep, original, and sublime thoughts arise, and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy and earnest spirit.
Page 67 - He replied : I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother and she answered " In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Jabala by name, thou art Satyakama.