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 vi
... inaccurate , and a tolerably complete , conception of the character and attributes of the Indian deities in the earliest form in which they are represented to us by written records . PAGES . CONTENTS . V. , vi . 1 2 vi PREFACE .
... inaccurate , and a tolerably complete , conception of the character and attributes of the Indian deities in the earliest form in which they are represented to us by written records . PAGES . CONTENTS . V. , vi . 1 2 vi PREFACE .
Page vii
... Indian and Grecian mythologies . ( 2 ) Antiquity and peculiarity of the Vedic mythology . ( 3 ) Origin of cosmogonic and mythological speculation . 6. ( 4 ) Variety in the conceptions of the Vedic poets . 4 . 8-20 . SECTION I. THE INDIAN ...
... Indian and Grecian mythologies . ( 2 ) Antiquity and peculiarity of the Vedic mythology . ( 3 ) Origin of cosmogonic and mythological speculation . 6. ( 4 ) Variety in the conceptions of the Vedic poets . 4 . 8-20 . SECTION I. THE INDIAN ...
Page viii
... Indian Mitra and the Zoroastrian Mithra . ( 8 ) Is there any historical connection between Varuna and Ahura Mazda ? ( 9 ) Varuna connected with the element of water , even in the Rig - veda . 75. ( 10 ) Explanations by Professors Roth ...
... Indian Mitra and the Zoroastrian Mithra . ( 8 ) Is there any historical connection between Varuna and Ahura Mazda ? ( 9 ) Varuna connected with the element of water , even in the Rig - veda . 75. ( 10 ) Explanations by Professors Roth ...
Page xii
... Indian works , the Brahmanas , etc. , with some remarks of Professor Weber on their doctrines regarding the destiny of the soul . ( 7 ) Yama and a future life , -a metrical sketch . 329. ( 8 ) Nachikétas , an ancient theosophic story ...
... Indian works , the Brahmanas , etc. , with some remarks of Professor Weber on their doctrines regarding the destiny of the soul . ( 7 ) Yama and a future life , -a metrical sketch . 329. ( 8 ) Nachikétas , an ancient theosophic story ...
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... Indian gods generally " substitute the headings of the several subsections . Page 34 , line 1 , for " Gau " read " Go . " 19 36 , " , 46 , " " 99 11 " " 57 , 62 , - 63 , 67 , 39 77 , 39 85 , 19 93 , 98 , ,, 107 , 134 , 19 " , 170 , 99 ...
... Indian gods generally " substitute the headings of the several subsections . Page 34 , line 1 , for " Gau " read " Go . " 19 36 , " , 46 , " " 99 11 " " 57 , 62 , - 63 , 67 , 39 77 , 39 85 , 19 93 , 98 , ,, 107 , 134 , 19 " , 170 , 99 ...
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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.