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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... already treated by Professor Roth in his dissertations on " The Legend of Jemshid " and on " The Highest Gods of the Arian Races , " in the Journal of the German Oriental Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer ...
... already treated by Professor Roth in his dissertations on " The Legend of Jemshid " and on " The Highest Gods of the Arian Races , " in the Journal of the German Oriental Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer ...
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... already seen ( p . 24 ) , a conception of the Greek , as well as of the oldest Indian , mythology , that the gods sprang from Heaven and earth ( in the former case Ouranos and Gaia ) . The Indian god who is represented in the Veda as ...
... already seen ( p . 24 ) , a conception of the Greek , as well as of the oldest Indian , mythology , that the gods sprang from Heaven and earth ( in the former case Ouranos and Gaia ) . The Indian god who is represented in the Veda as ...
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... already seen ( p . 13 ) , as the mother of Varuna and some of the other deities . In the Nighantu , or ancient vocabulary prefixed to the Nirukta , the word Aditi is given a synonym ( 1 ) of prithivi , the earth ; ( 2 ) of vāch , voice ...
... already seen ( p . 13 ) , as the mother of Varuna and some of the other deities . In the Nighantu , or ancient vocabulary prefixed to the Nirukta , the word Aditi is given a synonym ( 1 ) of prithivi , the earth ; ( 2 ) of vāch , voice ...
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... already met with in R. V. i . 139 , 11,73 and in the Nirukta . The gods mentioned in the verse before us as sprung from Aditi , might thus correspond to the celestial gods , among whom the Adityas are specified by Yaska as the first ...
... already met with in R. V. i . 139 , 11,73 and in the Nirukta . The gods mentioned in the verse before us as sprung from Aditi , might thus correspond to the celestial gods , among whom the Adityas are specified by Yaska as the first ...
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... already mentioned that Aditi is placed by Yaska at the head 77 This verse occurs also in the Vaj . S. xxi . 6 ; and Ath . V. vii . 6 , 3. See Müller , p . 238 . of the goddesses of the intermediate region . If , AS REPRESENTED IN THE ...
... already mentioned that Aditi is placed by Yaska at the head 77 This verse occurs also in the Vaj . S. xxi . 6 ; and Ath . V. vii . 6 , 3. See Müller , p . 238 . of the goddesses of the intermediate region . If , AS REPRESENTED IN THE ...
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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.