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 iv
... character , by initiated persons , and others of a plainer description by others , with the view of guiding men's conceptions of divine things . But this practice is not free from danger ; for some persons , deviating from the truth ...
... character , by initiated persons , and others of a plainer description by others , with the view of guiding men's conceptions of divine things . But this practice is not free from danger ; for some persons , deviating from the truth ...
Page vi
... character or elements , even before it began to show any tendency towards mono- theism . Meanwhile , and until the subject shall have been treated in a manner more befitting its importance , the materials which I have brought together ...
... character or elements , even before it began to show any tendency towards mono- theism . Meanwhile , and until the subject shall have been treated in a manner more befitting its importance , the materials which I have brought together ...
Page x
... character and parentage , their relations to Surya , their attributes and accompaniments . 235. ( 2 ) Legends regarding different persons delivered or favoured by them . 248. ( 3 ) Their connection with other deities . X CONTENTS .
... character and parentage , their relations to Surya , their attributes and accompaniments . 235. ( 2 ) Legends regarding different persons delivered or favoured by them . 248. ( 3 ) Their connection with other deities . X CONTENTS .
Page xi
... character of the ancient Soma- worship . 262. ( 3 ) How the soma - plant was brought to the earth . 264. ( 4 ) Soma's wives . ( 5 ) Properties ascribed to the soma - plant or its presiding deity . 266. ( 6 ) Divine powers attributed to ...
... character of the ancient Soma- worship . 262. ( 3 ) How the soma - plant was brought to the earth . 264. ( 4 ) Soma's wives . ( 5 ) Properties ascribed to the soma - plant or its presiding deity . 266. ( 6 ) Divine powers attributed to ...
Page xii
... character . 354 . ( 2 ) Viśvakarman . 355 . 356 . 367 . ( 3 ) Hiranyagarbha ; ( 4 ) Brahmanaspati , Daksha , and Aditi . ( 5 ) Nonentity , entity , and the One , R.V. x . 129 , with illustrations from the commentary on the Taittirīya ...
... character . 354 . ( 2 ) Viśvakarman . 355 . 356 . 367 . ( 3 ) Hiranyagarbha ; ( 4 ) Brahmanaspati , Daksha , and Aditi . ( 5 ) Nonentity , entity , and the One , R.V. x . 129 , with illustrations from the commentary on the Taittirīya ...
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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.