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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... creatures issue forth " ( samuddravanti ) . The gods are said to have been born in pairs according to a passage of the Taittirīya Sam̃hitā ( vi . 5 , 6 ) , referred to by Sayana on R. V. viii . 72 , 8 . 19 In R.V. x . 101 , 12 , a ...
... creatures issue forth " ( samuddravanti ) . The gods are said to have been born in pairs according to a passage of the Taittirīya Sam̃hitā ( vi . 5 , 6 ) , referred to by Sayana on R. V. viii . 72 , 8 . 19 In R.V. x . 101 , 12 , a ...
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... creatures came to Prajā- pati , and asked that they might live . To the gods he said , " Sacrifice is your food , your immortality is your support , the sun is your light , " etc. ( yajno vo ' nnam amṛitatvam vaḥ ūrg vaḥ sūryo vo jyotiḥ ...
... creatures came to Prajā- pati , and asked that they might live . To the gods he said , " Sacrifice is your food , your immortality is your support , the sun is your light , " etc. ( yajno vo ' nnam amṛitatvam vaḥ ūrg vaḥ sūryo vo jyotiḥ ...
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... creatures ( x . 65 , 15. Devān Vasishṭho amṛitān varande ye viśvā bhuvană abhi pratasthuḥ ) . They are supplicated in viii . 30 , 3 , not to lead the worshippers far away from the paths of their ancestor Manu ( mā naḥ pathaḥ pitryād ...
... creatures ( x . 65 , 15. Devān Vasishṭho amṛitān varande ye viśvā bhuvană abhi pratasthuḥ ) . They are supplicated in viii . 30 , 3 , not to lead the worshippers far away from the paths of their ancestor Manu ( mā naḥ pathaḥ pitryād ...
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... creatures , and through their favours ( have conferred ) wide immortality on their offspring . " 29 The crude form of this word is Dyu . I employ the nominative Dyaus , from its closer resemblance to the Greek Zeus . The genitive is ...
... creatures , and through their favours ( have conferred ) wide immortality on their offspring . " 29 The crude form of this word is Dyu . I employ the nominative Dyaus , from its closer resemblance to the Greek Zeus . The genitive is ...
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... creatures . 4. He was the most skilful of the skilful gods who produced these two worlds , which are beneficent to all , who , desiring to create an excellent work , stretched out these regions and sustained them by undecaying supports ...
... creatures . 4. He was the most skilful of the skilful gods who produced these two worlds , which are beneficent to all , who , desiring to create an excellent work , stretched out these regions and sustained them by undecaying supports ...
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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.