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 149
... cloth perpendicularly under their chins and over the tops of their heads , thus enclosing the sides of their faces . This is called in the ver- nacular Hindi dhāṭhā bāndhnā . The word dhatha is explained in Shakespear's Hindustani ...
... cloth perpendicularly under their chins and over the tops of their heads , thus enclosing the sides of their faces . This is called in the ver- nacular Hindi dhāṭhā bāndhnā . The word dhatha is explained in Shakespear's Hindustani ...
Page 395
with thy healing power , that we may live . 10. Prana clothes the creatures , as a father his dear son . Prana is the lord of all , both of what breathes and what does not breathe . 11. Prana is death , Prāna is fever . The gods worship ...
with thy healing power , that we may live . 10. Prana clothes the creatures , as a father his dear son . Prana is the lord of all , both of what breathes and what does not breathe . 11. Prana is death , Prāna is fever . The gods worship ...
Page 448
... clothing , or whatever girdle thou makest for thyself , we cause it to be agreeable to thy body ; may it be soft to thy touch . 17 . When , as a barber , thou shavest our hair and beard with a sharp and cleansing razor , while cleansing ...
... clothing , or whatever girdle thou makest for thyself , we cause it to be agreeable to thy body ; may it be soft to thy touch . 17 . When , as a barber , thou shavest our hair and beard with a sharp and cleansing razor , while cleansing ...
Page 462
... clothing worn , further than may be learnt from the mention of sheep and of wool in certain texts ( as i . 126 , 7 ; vi ... cloth which is necessary in so warm a climate . The form of the garments was probably much the same as among the ...
... clothing worn , further than may be learnt from the mention of sheep and of wool in certain texts ( as i . 126 , 7 ; vi ... cloth which is necessary in so warm a climate . The form of the garments was probably much the same as among the ...
Page 465
... cloth , and from the metaphorical use of the verb ve , " to weave , " for the composition of hymns , etc. Thus in i . 61 , 8 : ( devapatnīr Indrāya arkam ahihatye ūvuḥ | " The wives of the gods wove a hymn to Indra on his slaughter of ...
... cloth , and from the metaphorical use of the verb ve , " to weave , " for the composition of hymns , etc. Thus in i . 61 , 8 : ( devapatnīr Indrāya arkam ahihatye ūvuḥ | " The wives of the gods wove a hymn to Indra on his slaughter of ...
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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.