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 xi
... Fathers ( the souls of departed ancestors ) in the earlier books of the Rig - veda . 287. ( 3 ) Hymns and portions of hymns relating to Yama and the Fathers , viz . , x . 17 , 1f .; x . 10 ; x . 14 ; x . 15 ; x . 16 , etc. , quoted and ...
... Fathers ( the souls of departed ancestors ) in the earlier books of the Rig - veda . 287. ( 3 ) Hymns and portions of hymns relating to Yama and the Fathers , viz . , x . 17 , 1f .; x . 10 ; x . 14 ; x . 15 ; x . 16 , etc. , quoted and ...
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... father ( devānām pitaram ) ; in ix . 87 , 2 , Soma is said to be the father and skilful generator of the gods ( pitā devānāṁ janitā sudakshaḥ ; see also ix . 42 , 4 ; ix . 86 , 10 ; and ix . 109 , 4 ) ; in ix . 96 , 5 , the same deity ...
... father ( devānām pitaram ) ; in ix . 87 , 2 , Soma is said to be the father and skilful generator of the gods ( pitā devānāṁ janitā sudakshaḥ ; see also ix . 42 , 4 ; ix . 86 , 10 ; and ix . 109 , 4 ) ; in ix . 96 , 5 , the same deity ...
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... fathers and others as being sons ( ye vo devāḥ pitaro ye cha putrāḥ sachetaso me śṛinuta idam uktam ) . See also R.V. x . 63 , 2 , which will be quoted in the Section on Aditi . In iv . 54 , 2 ( = Vāj . S. 33 , 54 ) it is said that ...
... fathers and others as being sons ( ye vo devāḥ pitaro ye cha putrāḥ sachetaso me śṛinuta idam uktam ) . See also R.V. x . 63 , 2 , which will be quoted in the Section on Aditi . In iv . 54 , 2 ( = Vāj . S. 33 , 54 ) it is said that ...
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... father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu kshat- trāya mamire ...
... father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu kshat- trāya mamire ...
Page 21
... Father , and that mighty inherent power of the Mother . The prolific Parents have made all creatures , and through their favours ( have conferred ) wide immortality on their offspring . " 29 The crude form of this word is Dyu . I employ ...
... Father , and that mighty inherent power of the Mother . The prolific Parents have made all creatures , and through their favours ( have conferred ) wide immortality on their offspring . " 29 The crude form of this word is Dyu . I employ ...
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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.