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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... AGNI . 199 . 204 . ( 1 ) His functions . ( 2 ) His births , and triple existence . 211. ( 3 ) His epithets and characteristics . 214. ( 4 ) High divine functions ascribed to him . 216 . ( 5 ) His relations to his worshippers . 221. ( 6 ) ...
... AGNI . 199 . 204 . ( 1 ) His functions . ( 2 ) His births , and triple existence . 211. ( 3 ) His epithets and characteristics . 214. ( 4 ) High divine functions ascribed to him . 216 . ( 5 ) His relations to his worshippers . 221. ( 6 ) ...
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... Agni , whose place is on the earth ; Vayu , or Indra , whose place is in the air ; and Surya ( the sun ) , whose place is in the sky . These deities receive severally many appellations , in consequence of their greatness , or of the ...
... Agni , whose place is on the earth ; Vayu , or Indra , whose place is in the air ; and Surya ( the sun ) , whose place is in the sky . These deities receive severally many appellations , in consequence of their greatness , or of the ...
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... Agni , the wise gods lend an ear to their wor- shipper . God with the ruddy steeds , who lovest praise , bring hither those three and thirty " ( śrushṭivāno hi dāśushe devāḥ Agne vichetasaḥ | tān rohidaśva girvanas trayastrimśatam ā ...
... Agni , the wise gods lend an ear to their wor- shipper . God with the ruddy steeds , who lovest praise , bring hither those three and thirty " ( śrushṭivāno hi dāśushe devāḥ Agne vichetasaḥ | tān rohidaśva girvanas trayastrimśatam ā ...
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... Agni , the Aśvins , and the Maruts are separately specified , as if distinct from the thirty - three . Further , Indra could not have been , in the opinion of the author of the Brahmana , at least as expressed in this passage , xi . 6 ...
... Agni , the Aśvins , and the Maruts are separately specified , as if distinct from the thirty - three . Further , Indra could not have been , in the opinion of the author of the Brahmana , at least as expressed in this passage , xi . 6 ...
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... Agni , Surya , Indra , and Vishnu ( janita divo janitā pṛithivyāḥ | janitā Agner janitā Sūryasya janitā Indrasya jani- tota Vishnoḥ ) ; in x . 72 , 5 , the gods are declared to have been born after Aditi ( tām devāh anv ajāyanta ) ; in ...
... Agni , Surya , Indra , and Vishnu ( janita divo janitā pṛithivyāḥ | janitā Agner janitā Sūryasya janitā Indrasya jani- tota Vishnoḥ ) ; in x . 72 , 5 , the gods are declared to have been born after Aditi ( tām devāh anv ajāyanta ) ; 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.