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 iii
... ILLUSTRATED ce BY J. MUIR , D.C.L. , LL.D. , PH.D. VOLUME FIFTH . CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE COSMOGONY , MYTHOLOGY , RELIGIOUS IDEAS , LIFE AND MANNERS , OF THE INDIANS IN THE VEDIC AGE .皺 LONDON : TRÜBNER & CO . , 8 AND 60 ...
... ILLUSTRATED ce BY J. MUIR , D.C.L. , LL.D. , PH.D. VOLUME FIFTH . CONTRIBUTIONS TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE COSMOGONY , MYTHOLOGY , RELIGIOUS IDEAS , LIFE AND MANNERS , OF THE INDIANS IN THE VEDIC AGE .皺 LONDON : TRÜBNER & CO . , 8 AND 60 ...
Page vi
... illustrated in the prose sections . I should also further remark that in this volume I have attempted nothing more than to exhibit the most prominent features of the gods , such as display them- selves on the surface . It must remain ...
... illustrated in the prose sections . I should also further remark that in this volume I have attempted nothing more than to exhibit the most prominent features of the gods , such as display them- selves on the surface . It must remain ...
Page xii
... 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 ) Skambha and Brahma , A.V. x xii CONTENTS .
... 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 ) Skambha and Brahma , A.V. x xii CONTENTS .
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... illustrations of the natural workings of the human mind , in the period of its infancy , upon matters of religion than we can find in any other literature whatever . From their higher antiquity , these Indian hymns are also fitted to ...
... illustrations of the natural workings of the human mind , in the period of its infancy , upon matters of religion than we can find in any other literature whatever . From their higher antiquity , these Indian hymns are also fitted to ...
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... illustrated by numerous instances drawn from the Vedic mythology . In considering the literary productions of this same period , we further find that as yet the difference between mind and matter was but imperfectly conceived , and that ...
... illustrated by numerous instances drawn from the Vedic mythology . In considering the literary productions of this same period , we further find that as yet the difference between mind and matter was but imperfectly conceived , and that ...
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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.