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 9
... death nor immortality ” ( x . 129 , 2 ) . Again , a lamentation is uttered , as , " the bright god will fly away and never return " ( x . 95 , 15 ) . Or , praise and blame are expressed , as , " he who eats alone , is alone in his guilt ...
... death nor immortality ” ( x . 129 , 2 ) . Again , a lamentation is uttered , as , " the bright god will fly away and never return " ( x . 95 , 15 ) . Or , praise and blame are expressed , as , " he who eats alone , is alone in his guilt ...
Page 15
... death by continence and austere fervour ( brahmacharyena tapasā devāḥ mṛityum apāghnata ) ; and , ibid . xiii . 1 ... death , and to go to the divine assembly . They saw , took , and sacrificed with , this Chaturviñsatirātra , and in ...
... death by continence and austere fervour ( brahmacharyena tapasā devāḥ mṛityum apāghnata ) ; and , ibid . xiii . 1 ... death , and to go to the divine assembly . They saw , took , and sacrificed with , this Chaturviñsatirātra , and in ...
Page 16
... death is common to all " ( samānam jarā - maraṇādi - jam duḥ- kham ) ; which the commentator interprets to mean that such suffering is " the common lot of all beings , both those who go upwards and those who go downwards , from Brahma ...
... death is common to all " ( samānam jarā - maraṇādi - jam duḥ- kham ) ; which the commentator interprets to mean that such suffering is " the common lot of all beings , both those who go upwards and those who go downwards , from Brahma ...
Page 19
... death ( Na vai u devāḥ kshudham id vadham dadur uta āśitam upa gachhanti mrityavaḥ ) . Another poet cries ( x . 64 , 2 ) that there is no other helper than the gods , on whom the fulfilment of all his wishes depends ( na marḍitā vidyate ...
... death ( Na vai u devāḥ kshudham id vadham dadur uta āśitam upa gachhanti mrityavaḥ ) . Another poet cries ( x . 64 , 2 ) that there is no other helper than the gods , on whom the fulfilment of all his wishes depends ( na marḍitā vidyate ...
Page 45
... death from sickness or otherwise , who prayed to be permitted again to behold the face of nature . This interpretation is confirmed by the epithet mahi , " great , " applied in this verse to Aditi , which would not be so suitable if ...
... death from sickness or otherwise , who prayed to be permitted again to behold the face of nature . This interpretation is confirmed by the epithet mahi , " great , " applied in this verse to Aditi , which would not be so suitable if ...
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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.