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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... language which had originally been spoken by all these tribes during the period of their union ; and , in the one case as in the other , this modification would assume in the different races a varying character , corresponding to the ...
... language which had originally been spoken by all these tribes during the period of their union ; and , in the one case as in the other , this modification would assume in the different races a varying character , corresponding to the ...
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... Language , ii . 459 , and Mr. C. Bruce's paper " On the Vedic Conception of the Earth , " Journ . R. A. S. xix . 330 ff . Ed . F. Ritter ( Cambridge and London , 1848 ) who substitutes Ertham for the common reading Nertham . See his ...
... Language , ii . 459 , and Mr. C. Bruce's paper " On the Vedic Conception of the Earth , " Journ . R. A. S. xix . 330 ff . Ed . F. Ritter ( Cambridge and London , 1848 ) who substitutes Ertham for the common reading Nertham . See his ...
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... Language , ii . 488 , and Nirukta iii . 22 . 57 See also the Taitt . Br . ii . 8 , 9 , 6 , where the answer is given , " Brahma was the forest , Brahma was that tree from which they fashioned heaven and earth " ( Brahma vanam Brahma sa ...
... Language , ii . 488 , and Nirukta iii . 22 . 57 See also the Taitt . Br . ii . 8 , 9 , 6 , where the answer is given , " Brahma was the forest , Brahma was that tree from which they fashioned heaven and earth " ( Brahma vanam Brahma sa ...
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... Language , i . 11 ; ii . 425-434 ; Prof. M. Bréal , " Hercule et Cacus , " 102 ; Hartung , " Religion und Mythologie der Griechen , " ii . 5 f .; iii . 1 ff . See also iii . pp . 45 f . , and and 76 f . of the last - named work , where ...
... Language , i . 11 ; ii . 425-434 ; Prof. M. Bréal , " Hercule et Cacus , " 102 ; Hartung , " Religion und Mythologie der Griechen , " ii . 5 f .; iii . 1 ff . See also iii . pp . 45 f . , and and 76 f . of the last - named work , where ...
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... Language , ii . 500 . 2 See note in p . 13 . Compare R.V. viii . 90 , 15 , gām anāgām aditim ; and Vāj . Sanh . xiii . 43 , where Agni is supplicated not to injure her ( gām mā himsīr Aditim virājam ) , and 49 ( gkritam duhānām aditim ...
... Language , ii . 500 . 2 See note in p . 13 . Compare R.V. viii . 90 , 15 , gām anāgām aditim ; and Vāj . Sanh . xiii . 43 , where Agni is supplicated not to injure her ( gām mā himsīr Aditim virājam ) , and 49 ( gkritam duhānām aditim ...
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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.