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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... Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1864 , and the two following years and I have appended a new section , on life and manners during the Vedic age . I have not thought it necessary to translate all the texts to which I have ...
... Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1864 , and the two following years and I have appended a new section , on life and manners during the Vedic age . I have not thought it necessary to translate all the texts to which I have ...
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... XXIII . BRIEF NOTES ON SOCIETY AND LIFE IN THE VEDIC AGE , AS REPRESENTED IN THE HYMNS . 450. ( 1 ) The country occupied by the Vedic people , their villages and cities . 451. ( 2 ) Their religious worship . 453 . CONTENTS . xiii.
... XXIII . BRIEF NOTES ON SOCIETY AND LIFE IN THE VEDIC AGE , AS REPRESENTED IN THE HYMNS . 450. ( 1 ) The country occupied by the Vedic people , their villages and cities . 451. ( 2 ) Their religious worship . 453 . CONTENTS . xiii.
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... society , -rich and poor ; ( 6 ) Domestic relations , polygamy , remarriage of widows , freedom of women , levirical marriages , sexual immorality . ( 7 ) Dress , ornaments , etc. ( 8 ) Food and drink ; use of wine . 464. ( 9 ) ...
... society , -rich and poor ; ( 6 ) Domestic relations , polygamy , remarriage of widows , freedom of women , levirical marriages , sexual immorality . ( 7 ) Dress , ornaments , etc. ( 8 ) Food and drink ; use of wine . 464. ( 9 ) ...
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... Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer , and by Professor Whitney , in the Journal of the American Oriental Society , iii . 291 ff . , and 331 607 ff .; by Professor Max Müller in the Oxford Essays for 1856 ...
... Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer , and by Professor Whitney , in the Journal of the American Oriental Society , iii . 291 ff . , and 331 607 ff .; by Professor Max Müller in the Oxford Essays for 1856 ...
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... Society of Edinburgh in 1864. See the Transactions of that Society , vol . xxiii . part iii . pp . 547 ff . does exhibit in some points a certain similarity to that 2 INTRODUCTION . (1) Affinities of the Indian and Grecian mythologies.
... Society of Edinburgh in 1864. See the Transactions of that Society , vol . xxiii . part iii . pp . 547 ff . does exhibit in some points a certain similarity to that 2 INTRODUCTION . (1) Affinities of the Indian and Grecian mythologies.
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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.