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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... Highest Gods of the Arian Races , " in the Journal of the German Oriental Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer , and by Professor Whitney , in the Journal of the American Oriental Society , iii . 291 ff . , and ...
... Highest Gods of the Arian Races , " in the Journal of the German Oriental Society , iv . 417 ff . and vi . 67 ff .; by the same writer , and by Professor Whitney , in the Journal of the American Oriental Society , iii . 291 ff . , and ...
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... highest pitch . In the starry sky , in the dawn , in the morning sun scaling the heavens , in the bright clouds floating across the air and assuming all manner of magnificent or fantastic shapes , in the waters , in the rain , in the ...
... highest pitch . In the starry sky , in the dawn , in the morning sun scaling the heavens , in the bright clouds floating across the air and assuming all manner of magnificent or fantastic shapes , in the waters , in the rain , in the ...
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... remarks of Professor Roth in his dissertation on " The Highest Gods of the Arian Races . " Jour . Germ . Or . Society , 1852 , p . 68 . also clear that this number of thirty - three gods AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 11.
... remarks of Professor Roth in his dissertation on " The Highest Gods of the Arian Races . " Jour . Germ . Or . Society , 1852 , p . 68 . also clear that this number of thirty - three gods AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 11.
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... highest of the deities , imperishable and unwearied : θεῶν τε τὰν ὑπερτάταν , γᾶν " " ἄφθιτον , ἀκαμάταν ἀποτρύεται , κ.τ.λ. In his Philoctetes , 391 , she is addressed as " the all - nurturing earth , the mother of Zeus himself ...
... highest of the deities , imperishable and unwearied : θεῶν τε τὰν ὑπερτάταν , γᾶν " " ἄφθιτον , ἀκαμάταν ἀποτρύεται , κ.τ.λ. In his Philoctetes , 391 , she is addressed as " the all - nurturing earth , the mother of Zeus himself ...
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... highest gods of the Arian nations ( Journ . of the German Or . Society , vi . 68 f . ) the same writer says : " Aditi , eternity , or the eternal , is the element which sustains , and is sustained by , the Adityas . This conception ...
... highest gods of the Arian nations ( Journ . of the German Or . Society , vi . 68 f . ) the same writer says : " Aditi , eternity , or the eternal , is the element which sustains , and is sustained by , the Adityas . This conception ...
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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.