Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions: Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic ageTrübner, 1870 |
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Page vii
... ADITI . 35. ( 1 ) The epithets by which she is characterized . ( 2 ) Origin of the conception of Aditi according to Professors Roth and Müller . • 37 . 38 . 40 . 42 . 43.
... ADITI . 35. ( 1 ) The epithets by which she is characterized . ( 2 ) Origin of the conception of Aditi according to Professors Roth and Müller . • 37 . 38 . 40 . 42 . 43.
Page viii
... Aditi ever identified with the sky ? ( 5 ) Aditi seems to be distinguished from the Earth . ( 6 ) Aditi and Diti . ( 7 ) Aditi may be a personification of universal nature . ( 8 ) Aditi as a forgiver of sin . ( 9 ) Aditi's position is ...
... Aditi ever identified with the sky ? ( 5 ) Aditi seems to be distinguished from the Earth . ( 6 ) Aditi and Diti . ( 7 ) Aditi may be a personification of universal nature . ( 8 ) Aditi as a forgiver of sin . ( 9 ) Aditi's position is ...
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... Aditi . ( 5 ) Nonentity , entity , and the One , R.V. x . 129 , with illustrations from the commentary on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa , etc. ( 6 ) The Purusha - sūkta , R.V. x . 90 ; the hymn on Purusha , A.V. x . 2 , etc. 378. ( 7 ) ...
... Aditi . ( 5 ) Nonentity , entity , and the One , R.V. x . 129 , with illustrations from the commentary on the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa , etc. ( 6 ) The Purusha - sūkta , R.V. x . 90 ; the hymn on Purusha , A.V. x . 2 , etc. 378. ( 7 ) ...
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... Aditi , Indra , Varuna , etc. In the present volume I propose to give a further account of the cosmogony , mythology , and religious ideas exhibited in the hymns of the Rig - veda , ' and to compare these occasionally with the ...
... Aditi , Indra , Varuna , etc. In the present volume I propose to give a further account of the cosmogony , mythology , and religious ideas exhibited in the hymns of the Rig - veda , ' and to compare these occasionally with the ...
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... Aditi was the mother of thirty - three gods , Adityas , Vasus , and Rudras , and of the two Asvins ( Adityūm jajnire devās trayastrimsad arindama | Adityāḥ Vasavo Rudrāḥ Asvinau cha parantapa ) . In Gorresio's edit . the verse occurs in ...
... Aditi was the mother of thirty - three gods , Adityas , Vasus , and Rudras , and of the two Asvins ( Adityūm jajnire devās trayastrimsad arindama | Adityāḥ Vasavo Rudrāḥ Asvinau cha parantapa ) . In Gorresio's edit . the verse occurs in ...
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abhi adhi Aditi Adityas Agne Agni Agnim Agnir aham Aryaman asmai Asuras Asvins asya atha Atharva-veda ayam Brahma Brāhmaṇa Brahmanaspati Brihaspati chariot chid cloth Compare A.V. creatures Daksha deities devāḥ devān devānām divaḥ divine Edited epithet father goddess gods heaven and earth horses hymn idam immortality Indian Indra Indro invoked Kāma king lokam Maruts mātā Mitra and Varuna mother naḥ nāma Nirukta oblation Parjanya passage Prajapati Prāna Professor Müller Professor Roth Purusha Pushan quoted rājā referred regarded Rig-veda rishi sacrifice Sanskrit Sarasvati sarvam Savitā Savitri Sayana Skambha Soma somam soul Surya sūryam Taitt tapas tasmād tasya texts thee thou translation tvā tvam Tvashtri Ushas Vāj vām Varuna vayam veda Vedic verse viii Vishnu viśvā viśvam viśve Vivasvat word worshippers yaḥ Yama yasya yathā yatra καὶ
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Page 62 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 37 - Aditi, an ancient god or goddess, is in reality the earliest name invented to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky.