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 xiv
... Kings and principalities . ( 5 ) Different ranks in society , -rich and poor ; ( 6 ) Domestic relations , polygamy , remarriage of widows , freedom of women , levirical marriages , sexual immorality . ( 7 ) Dress , ornaments , etc. ( 8 ) ...
... Kings and principalities . ( 5 ) Different ranks in society , -rich and poor ; ( 6 ) Domestic relations , polygamy , remarriage of widows , freedom of women , levirical marriages , sexual immorality . ( 7 ) Dress , ornaments , etc. ( 8 ) ...
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... king , because they themselves , either now , or formerly , were so governed . And just as men regard the forms , so also they consider the lives , of the gods , to be similar to their own . " mical power . Thus , in the Vedic hymns ...
... king , because they themselves , either now , or formerly , were so governed . And just as men regard the forms , so also they consider the lives , of the gods , to be similar to their own . " mical power . Thus , in the Vedic hymns ...
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... kings ; " in iii . 4 , 11 , su - putrā , " the mother of excellent sons ; " in viii . 56 , 11 , as ugra - putrā , " the mother of powerful sons ; " and in Atharva - veda , iii . 8 , 2 ; xi . 1 , 11 , " the divine Aditi , mother of ...
... kings ; " in iii . 4 , 11 , su - putrā , " the mother of excellent sons ; " in viii . 56 , 11 , as ugra - putrā , " the mother of powerful sons ; " and in Atharva - veda , iii . 8 , 2 ; xi . 1 , 11 , " the divine Aditi , mother of ...
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... kings Mitra and Varuna after the production and by the will of Daksha . " " Though the above passage , x . 72 , 4 , 5 , represents Daksha as at once the father and the son of Aditi , the older Vedic mythology , as we shall see from R.V. ...
... kings Mitra and Varuna after the production and by the will of Daksha . " " Though the above passage , x . 72 , 4 , 5 , represents Daksha as at once the father and the son of Aditi , the older Vedic mythology , as we shall see from R.V. ...
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... kings , " " resistless ” ( arishṭāḥ ) , " vast " ( uravaḥ ) , " deep " ( gabhīrāḥ ) , sleepless " ( asvapnajaḥ ) , " un- winking " ( animishāḥ ) , 106 " many - eyed ” ( bhūryakshāḥ , ii . 27 , 3 ) , " far- observing " ( dirghadhiyaḥ ) ...
... kings , " " resistless ” ( arishṭāḥ ) , " vast " ( uravaḥ ) , " deep " ( gabhīrāḥ ) , sleepless " ( asvapnajaḥ ) , " un- winking " ( animishāḥ ) , 106 " many - eyed ” ( bhūryakshāḥ , ii . 27 , 3 ) , " far- observing " ( dirghadhiyaḥ ) ...
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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.