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 10
... bring hither those three and thirty " ( śrushṭivāno hi dāśushe devāḥ Agne vichetasaḥ | tān rohidaśva girvanas trayastrimśatam ā vaha ) . i . 139 , 11 ( = Taitt . S. i . 4 , 10 , 1 ) . " Ye gods , who are eleven in the sky , who are ...
... bring hither those three and thirty " ( śrushṭivāno hi dāśushe devāḥ Agne vichetasaḥ | tān rohidaśva girvanas trayastrimśatam ā vaha ) . i . 139 , 11 ( = Taitt . S. i . 4 , 10 , 1 ) . " Ye gods , who are eleven in the sky , who are ...
Page 25
... brings forth for mortals the food of sheep , and the sustenance of Demeter . The verdure of the woods also is perfected by the showers proceeding from this marriage . Of all these things I ( Aphrodite ) am in part the cause ...
... brings forth for mortals the food of sheep , and the sustenance of Demeter . The verdure of the woods also is perfected by the showers proceeding from this marriage . Of all these things I ( Aphrodite ) am in part the cause ...
Page 55
... brings forth Mitra and Varuna , -a third time , when she bears Amsa and Bhaga , -and a fourth time , when she gives birth to Indra and Vivasvat . ( Comp . the passage from the Taitt . Sanh . vi . 5 , 6 , 1 , quoted in the 1st vol . of ...
... brings forth Mitra and Varuna , -a third time , when she bears Amsa and Bhaga , -and a fourth time , when she gives birth to Indra and Vivasvat . ( Comp . the passage from the Taitt . Sanh . vi . 5 , 6 , 1 , quoted in the 1st vol . of ...
Page 70
... brings joy and activity into the world , is the narrower sphere of Mitra's power ; though , however , Varuna is not thereby relegated to the night alone , for he continues to be the lord and the first . " Though therefore such ...
... brings joy and activity into the world , is the narrower sphere of Mitra's power ; though , however , Varuna is not thereby relegated to the night alone , for he continues to be the lord and the first . " Though therefore such ...
Page 76
... brings the night , he is stretched out everywhere , embracing the earth.145 This sounds almost as if the Greek mythe had still preserved a recol- lection of the etymological power of Uranos . For Uranos is in the Sanskrit Varuna , and ...
... brings the night , he is stretched out everywhere , embracing the earth.145 This sounds almost as if the Greek mythe had still preserved a recol- lection of the etymological power of Uranos . For Uranos is in the Sanskrit Varuna , and ...
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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.