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 4
... explains the original meaning of the Greek Zeus , and the Sanskrit Varuna gives a clue to the proper signification of Ouranos . As in the first volume of this work , 2nd edition , pp . 2-4,3 I have stated the grounds on which the Vedic ...
... explains the original meaning of the Greek Zeus , and the Sanskrit Varuna gives a clue to the proper signification of Ouranos . As in the first volume of this work , 2nd edition , pp . 2-4,3 I have stated the grounds on which the Vedic ...
Page 10
... explains , those included in the three classes , consisting each of eleven gods , specified in the verse ( i . 139 , 11 ) , " Ye eleven gods who exist in the sky , " etc. 10 On this Sayana , remarks , " Although , according to the text ...
... explains , those included in the three classes , consisting each of eleven gods , specified in the verse ( i . 139 , 11 ) , " Ye eleven gods who exist in the sky , " etc. 10 On this Sayana , remarks , " Although , according to the text ...
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... explains , the rival of Aditi , from her appearing to call all the gods into existence when they are Worshipped in the morning , as Aditi really gave them birth . Compare i . 115 , 1 . Müller , Transl . of R.V. i . 231 , renders Aditer ...
... explains , the rival of Aditi , from her appearing to call all the gods into existence when they are Worshipped in the morning , as Aditi really gave them birth . Compare i . 115 , 1 . Müller , Transl . of R.V. i . 231 , renders Aditer ...
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... explains gojāta as Pṛišner jātāḥ “ born of Priśni . " On vi . 50 , 11 , he characterizes Prisni as mādhyamikā vāk , “ the Vach of the middle region . " In the former of these two passages , if the threefold division of gods is ...
... explains gojāta as Pṛišner jātāḥ “ born of Priśni . " On vi . 50 , 11 , he characterizes Prisni as mādhyamikā vāk , “ the Vach of the middle region . " In the former of these two passages , if the threefold division of gods is ...
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... explaining this phrase by aparāhna " afternoon , " in his note on v . 76 , 3 , though not in the passage before us . 80 These two words , aditi and diti , occur also in a passage of the Vajasaneyi San- hita ( x . 16 ) , which is partly ...
... explaining this phrase by aparāhna " afternoon , " in his note on v . 76 , 3 , though not in the passage before us . 80 These two words , aditi and diti , occur also in a passage of the Vajasaneyi San- hita ( x . 16 ) , which is partly ...
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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.