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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... hand , the later Indian system presents some points of resemblance with the Greek which the Vedic system does not exhibit . I allude to the fact that we find in the Indian epic poems and Purānas a god of the sea , a god of war , and a ...
... hand , the later Indian system presents some points of resemblance with the Greek which the Vedic system does not exhibit . I allude to the fact that we find in the Indian epic poems and Purānas a god of the sea , a god of war , and a ...
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... hand , the various processes of growth and change which are constantly visible in all the departments of nature might have suggested the notion of the world having gradually arisen out of nothing , or out of a pre - existing undeveloped ...
... hand , the various processes of growth and change which are constantly visible in all the departments of nature might have suggested the notion of the world having gradually arisen out of nothing , or out of a pre - existing undeveloped ...
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... hand , contemplating the results effected by human design and energy , and arguing from the less to the greater , or rather impelled by an irresistible instinct to create other beings after his own likeness , but endowed with higher ...
... hand , contemplating the results effected by human design and energy , and arguing from the less to the greater , or rather impelled by an irresistible instinct to create other beings after his own likeness , but endowed with higher ...
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... hand the drinker of Soma attains to the privilege of immortality and of knowing the gods ( viii . 48 , 3. Apāma somam amṛi- tāḥ abhūma aganma jyotir avidāma devān | Comp . x . 31 , 3. navedaso amṛitānām abhūma | ) . 26 The construction ...
... hand the drinker of Soma attains to the privilege of immortality and of knowing the gods ( viii . 48 , 3. Apāma somam amṛi- tāḥ abhūma aganma jyotir avidāma devān | Comp . x . 31 , 3. navedaso amṛitānām abhūma | ) . 26 The construction ...
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... hand , Heaven and Earth are spoken of in other places as themselves created . Thus it is said ( i . 160 , 4 ; iv . 56 , 3 ) , that he who produced heaven and earth must have been the most skilful artizan of all the gods 47 ( ayam ...
... hand , Heaven and Earth are spoken of in other places as themselves created . Thus it is said ( i . 160 , 4 ; iv . 56 , 3 ) , that he who produced heaven and earth must have been the most skilful artizan of all the gods 47 ( ayam ...
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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.