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
... divine beings by the laws of different nations . And symbols too are employed , some of an obscure character , by initiated persons , and others of a plainer description by others , with the view of guiding men's conceptions of divine ...
... divine beings by the laws of different nations . And symbols too are employed , some of an obscure character , by initiated persons , and others of a plainer description by others , with the view of guiding men's conceptions of divine ...
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... divine functions ascribed to him . 216 . ( 5 ) His relations to his worshippers . 221. ( 6 ) Agni , -a metrical sketch . 224-233 . SECTION XIV . TVASHTRI . 224 . ( 1 ) His epithets , functions , and relations . ( 2 ) His daughter and ...
... divine functions ascribed to him . 216 . ( 5 ) His relations to his worshippers . 221. ( 6 ) Agni , -a metrical sketch . 224-233 . SECTION XIV . TVASHTRI . 224 . ( 1 ) His epithets , functions , and relations . ( 2 ) His daughter and ...
Page xi
... Divine powers attributed to Soma . 269. ( 7 ) Soma associated with other gods . 270. ( 8 ) Soma in the post - vedic age a name of the moon . 272-283 . SECTION XVII . BRIHASPATI AND BRAHMANASPATI . Professor Roth's account of this deity ...
... Divine powers attributed to Soma . 269. ( 7 ) Soma associated with other gods . 270. ( 8 ) Soma in the post - vedic age a name of the moon . 272-283 . SECTION XVII . BRIHASPATI AND BRAHMANASPATI . Professor Roth's account of this deity ...
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... divine representatives and superintendents of every department of nature , as well as of human life and action ; or they may arise in part from a later process of imagination or reflection which conducts to the same result , and from a ...
... divine representatives and superintendents of every department of nature , as well as of human life and action ; or they may arise in part from a later process of imagination or reflection which conducts to the same result , and from a ...
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... divine powers , propitious or angry , whose characters corresponded with those of the physical operations or appearances in which they were manifested . In the hymns composed under the influence of any grand phenomena , the authors ...
... divine powers , propitious or angry , whose characters corresponded with those of the physical operations or appearances in which they were manifested . In the hymns composed under the influence of any grand phenomena , the authors ...
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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.