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 25
... invoke : " ὦ διος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαὶ ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα , παμμήτορ τε γῆ , καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ . In the Seven against Thebes , 16 , Eteocles speaks of “ Mother Earth , the most ...
... invoke : " ὦ διος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαὶ ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα , παμμήτορ τε γῆ , καὶ τὸν πανόπτην κύκλον ἡλίου καλῶ . In the Seven against Thebes , 16 , Eteocles speaks of “ Mother Earth , the most ...
Page 26
... invoke " Mother Earth : ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ ἡλίου τ ̓ ἀναπτυχαί , κ.τ.λ. So too in the Helena , 39 : ὡς ὄχλου βροτῶν πλήθους τε κουφίσειε μητέρα χθόνα , κ.τ.λ. And again in the same drama , 613 , the heroine speaks of Heaven as the Father ...
... invoke " Mother Earth : ὦ γαῖα μῆτερ ἡλίου τ ̓ ἀναπτυχαί , κ.τ.λ. So too in the Helena , 39 : ὡς ὄχλου βροτῶν πλήθους τε κουφίσειε μητέρα χθόνα , κ.τ.λ. And again in the same drama , 613 , the heroine speaks of Heaven as the Father ...
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... invoke the divine Aditi , at mid - day , at the setting of the sun " ( pratar devim Aditim johavimi madhyandine uditā sūryasya . ) In i . 185 , 3 , her gifts - pure , unassailable , celestial , imperishable , and inspiring veneration ...
... invoke the divine Aditi , at mid - day , at the setting of the sun " ( pratar devim Aditim johavimi madhyandine uditā sūryasya . ) In i . 185 , 3 , her gifts - pure , unassailable , celestial , imperishable , and inspiring veneration ...
Page 39
... invoke the divine Adityas , Aditi , those ( gods ) who are terrestrial , celestial , who ( exist ) in the aerial waters . " The word " waters " seems to be used in the sense of air , in ii . 38 , 11 , and x . 45 , 1. Compare also vii ...
... invoke the divine Adityas , Aditi , those ( gods ) who are terrestrial , celestial , who ( exist ) in the aerial waters . " The word " waters " seems to be used in the sense of air , in ii . 38 , 11 , and x . 45 , 1. Compare also vii ...
Page 41
... invoke Indra , Agni , Mitra , Varuna , Aditi , Heaven , Earth , Sky , etc .; in vi . 51 , 5 : Dyaush pitaḥ Prithivī mātar adhrug Agne bhrātar Vasavo mṛilata naḥ | viśve Adityaḥ Adite sajoshā asmabhyam sarma bahulam viyanta | " Father ...
... invoke Indra , Agni , Mitra , Varuna , Aditi , Heaven , Earth , Sky , etc .; in vi . 51 , 5 : Dyaush pitaḥ Prithivī mātar adhrug Agne bhrātar Vasavo mṛilata naḥ | viśve Adityaḥ Adite sajoshā asmabhyam sarma bahulam viyanta | " Father ...
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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.