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
... EARTH ) . ( 1 ) Heaven and Earth described as the universal parents . ( 2 ) Passages to the same effect from the classical authors . ( 3 ) Heaven and Earth elsewhere spoken of as created . ( 4 ) Speculations about their origin . 53 ...
... EARTH ) . ( 1 ) Heaven and Earth described as the universal parents . ( 2 ) Passages to the same effect from the classical authors . ( 3 ) Heaven and Earth elsewhere spoken of as created . ( 4 ) Speculations about their origin . 53 ...
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... earth ; Vayu , or Indra , whose place is in the air ; and Surya ( the sun ) , whose place is in the sky . These deities receive severally many appellations , in consequence of their greatness , or of the diversity of their functions ...
... earth ; Vayu , or Indra , whose place is in the air ; and Surya ( the sun ) , whose place is in the sky . These deities receive severally many appellations , in consequence of their greatness , or of the diversity of their functions ...
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... earth , and who in your glory 10 are eleven dwellers in the ( atmospheric ) waters , do ye welcome this our offering ( ye devāso divi ekādaśa stha pṛithivyām adhi ekādaśa stha | apsukshito mahinā ekādaśa stha te devāso yajnam imam ...
... earth , and who in your glory 10 are eleven dwellers in the ( atmospheric ) waters , do ye welcome this our offering ( ye devāso divi ekādaśa stha pṛithivyām adhi ekādaśa stha | apsukshito mahinā ekādaśa stha te devāso yajnam imam ...
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... Earth ) , while Prajapati makes a thirty - fourth ( ashṭau Vasavaḥ ekādaśa Rudrāḥ dra- daśa Ādityāḥ ime eva dyāvā - pṛithivi trayastrimśyau | trayastrimśad vai devāḥ Prajapatiś chatustrimśaḥ ) . Or , according to another passage ( xi ...
... Earth ) , while Prajapati makes a thirty - fourth ( ashṭau Vasavaḥ ekādaśa Rudrāḥ dra- daśa Ādityāḥ ime eva dyāvā - pṛithivi trayastrimśyau | trayastrimśad vai devāḥ Prajapatiś chatustrimśaḥ ) . Or , according to another passage ( xi ...
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... Earth . In i . 113 , 19 , Ushas , the Dawn , is characterized as the mother of the gods ( derānām mātā ) ; in ii . 26 , 3 , Brahmanaspati is called their father ( devānām pitaram ) ; in ix . 87 , 2 , Soma is said to be the father and ...
... Earth . In i . 113 , 19 , Ushas , the Dawn , is characterized as the mother of the gods ( derānām mātā ) ; in ii . 26 , 3 , Brahmanaspati is called their father ( devānām pitaram ) ; in ix . 87 , 2 , Soma is said to be the father and ...
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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.