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 vii
... created . ( 4 ) Speculations about their origin . 53. SECTION III . ADITI . 35. ( 1 ) The epithets by which she is characterized . ( 2 ) Origin of the conception of Aditi according to Professors Roth and Müller . • 37 . 38 . 40 . 42 . 43.
... created . ( 4 ) Speculations about their origin . 53. SECTION III . ADITI . 35. ( 1 ) The epithets by which she is characterized . ( 2 ) Origin of the conception of Aditi according to Professors Roth and Müller . • 37 . 38 . 40 . 42 . 43.
Page viii
... Creation as described in Rig - veda , x . 72 ; birth of Aditi , Daksha , the gods , and the Adityas . 54 57. SECTION IV . THE ADITYAS . 58-76d . SECTION V. MITRA AND VARUNA . 58. ( 1 ) General idea of these two gods . 59 . 61 . 68 . 69 ...
... Creation as described in Rig - veda , x . 72 ; birth of Aditi , Daksha , the gods , and the Adityas . 54 57. SECTION IV . THE ADITYAS . 58-76d . SECTION V. MITRA AND VARUNA . 58. ( 1 ) General idea of these two gods . 59 . 61 . 68 . 69 ...
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... creation might be subdivided among a plurality of divinities , or varying forms of the same divinity . These remarks might be illustrated by numerous instances drawn from the Vedic mythology . In considering the literary productions of ...
... creation might be subdivided among a plurality of divinities , or varying forms of the same divinity . These remarks might be illustrated by numerous instances drawn from the Vedic mythology . In considering the literary productions of ...
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... creation . In this way , while the same traditional divinities were acknowledged by all , the power , dignity , and functions of each particular god might be differently estimated by different 6 INTRODUCTION . (4) Variety in the ...
... creation . In this way , while the same traditional divinities were acknowledged by all , the power , dignity , and functions of each particular god might be differently estimated by different 6 INTRODUCTION . (4) Variety in the ...
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... created . This is very prominently illustrated in the case of the Vedic divinities , Dyaus and Prithivi , Heaven and Earth , to which the second Section shall be devoted , and by other instances which will be brought to light in the ...
... created . This is very prominently illustrated in the case of the Vedic divinities , Dyaus and Prithivi , Heaven and Earth , to which the second Section shall be devoted , and by other instances which will be brought to light 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.