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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... enemies " ( x . 152 , 4 ) , etc .; and ( 3 ) those in which the author speaks in the first person , and about himself . Of these the first two classes are the most numerous . Again some of the hymns are merely laudatory , as , " I ...
... enemies " ( x . 152 , 4 ) , etc .; and ( 3 ) those in which the author speaks in the first person , and about himself . Of these the first two classes are the most numerous . Again some of the hymns are merely laudatory , as , " I ...
Page 43
... enemies of the gods . ( 7 ) Aditi may be a personification of Universal Nature . Perhaps Aditi may best be regarded as a personification of uni- versal , all - embracing Nature , or Being , with which she is in fact identified in the ...
... enemies of the gods . ( 7 ) Aditi may be a personification of Universal Nature . Perhaps Aditi may best be regarded as a personification of uni- versal , all - embracing Nature , or Being , with which she is in fact identified in the ...
Page 49
... enemies in the exhilaration of the soma - juice . " The parallel passage of the A.V. ( in Roth and Whitney's ed . ) reads yatir na , the accusative feminine , instead of yatir na , the nom . masc . The Lexicon also refers to the Ait ...
... enemies in the exhilaration of the soma - juice . " The parallel passage of the A.V. ( in Roth and Whitney's ed . ) reads yatir na , the accusative feminine , instead of yatir na , the nom . masc . The Lexicon also refers to the Ait ...
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... enemies , ii . 27 , 16 ( yãh vo māyāh abhidruhe yajatrāḥ pāśāḥ ādityāḥ ripave vichṛittāḥ ) . They are supplicated for various boons , for protection , offspring , guidance , light , long life , etc. ( see R.V. ii . 27 , 5-7 , 10 , 11 ...
... enemies , ii . 27 , 16 ( yãh vo māyāh abhidruhe yajatrāḥ pāśāḥ ādityāḥ ripave vichṛittāḥ ) . They are supplicated for various boons , for protection , offspring , guidance , light , long life , etc. ( see R.V. ii . 27 , 5-7 , 10 , 11 ...
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... enemies ( ghanam vṛitrāṇām janayanta devāḥ | See also ii . 13 , 5 , and iii . 51 , 8 ) . In the Purusha Sūkta ( R. V. x . 90 , 13 ) Indra is said to have sprung , along with Agni , from the mouth of Purusha ( mukhād Indraś cha Agnis cha ) ...
... enemies ( ghanam vṛitrāṇām janayanta devāḥ | See also ii . 13 , 5 , and iii . 51 , 8 ) . In the Purusha Sūkta ( R. V. x . 90 , 13 ) Indra is said to have sprung , along with Agni , from the mouth of Purusha ( mukhād Indraś cha Agnis cha ) ...
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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.