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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... and the gods the younger " ( idam tu śrūyate pārtha guddhe devāsure purā | asurāḥ bhrātaro jyeshṭhāḥ devāś chāpi yavīyasaḥ ) . " " absolute future eternity of the gods , does not appear AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 15.
... and the gods the younger " ( idam tu śrūyate pārtha guddhe devāsure purā | asurāḥ bhrātaro jyeshṭhāḥ devāś chāpi yavīyasaḥ ) . " " absolute future eternity of the gods , does not appear AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 15.
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absolute future eternity of the gods , does not appear . But , as we have seen , the authors of the Brāhmaṇas did not regard them as naturally and essentially immortal ; and it is at all events evident that in later times their ...
absolute future eternity of the gods , does not appear . But , as we have seen , the authors of the Brāhmaṇas did not regard them as naturally and essentially immortal ; and it is at all events evident that in later times their ...
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... appears to me that the two following verses , R.V. iv . 30 , 3 , 5 , though otherwise rendered by Professor Wilson ... appear to be the real sense , as Mahīdhara on Vaj . S. 31 , 17 , tells us that " there are two kinds of gods ...
... appears to me that the two following verses , R.V. iv . 30 , 3 , 5 , though otherwise rendered by Professor Wilson ... appear to be the real sense , as Mahīdhara on Vaj . S. 31 , 17 , tells us that " there are two kinds of gods ...
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... appears from the various texts where they are designated by the epithet devaputre , " having gods for their children " ( viz . in i . 106 , 3 ; i . 159 , 1 ; i . 185 , 4 ; 34 iv . 56 , 2 ; vi . 17 , 7 ; vii . 53 , 1 ; x . 11 , 9 ) . In ...
... appears from the various texts where they are designated by the epithet devaputre , " having gods for their children " ( viz . in i . 106 , 3 ; i . 159 , 1 ; i . 185 , 4 ; 34 iv . 56 , 2 ; vi . 17 , 7 ; vii . 53 , 1 ; x . 11 , 9 ) . In ...
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... appears to be regarded by Pindar ( Nem . 6 , 1 ff . ) as the common parent , or sustainer , of both gods and men ... appear to have differed from the views which have been stated ” ( ἔοικε δὲ περὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων φύσεως οὐδ ̓ Εὐριπίδης δια ...
... appears to be regarded by Pindar ( Nem . 6 , 1 ff . ) as the common parent , or sustainer , of both gods and men ... appear to have differed from the views which have been stated ” ( ἔοικε δὲ περὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων φύσεως οὐδ ̓ Εὐριπίδης δια ...
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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.