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 4
... light on the meaning of a few points of the Greek system which were before obscure . Thus , as we shall see , the Indian Dyaus ( sky , or heaven ) explains the original meaning of the Greek Zeus , and the Sanskrit Varuna gives a clue to ...
... light on the meaning of a few points of the Greek system which were before obscure . Thus , as we shall see , the Indian Dyaus ( sky , or heaven ) explains the original meaning of the Greek Zeus , and the Sanskrit Varuna gives a clue to ...
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... and Prithivi , Heaven and Earth , to which the second Section shall be devoted , and by other instances which will be brought to light in the following pages . 8 SECTION I. THE INDIAN GODS GENERALLY , AS REPRESENTED INTRODUCTION .
... and Prithivi , Heaven and Earth , to which the second Section shall be devoted , and by other instances which will be brought to light in the following pages . 8 SECTION I. THE INDIAN GODS GENERALLY , AS REPRESENTED INTRODUCTION .
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... light , " etc. ( yajno vo ' nnam amṛitatvam vaḥ ūrg vaḥ sūryo vo jyotiḥ | To the passages of the S ' . P. Br . regarding the manner in which the gods acquired immortality , above referred to , I may add one as yet unpublished from the ...
... light , " etc. ( yajno vo ' nnam amṛitatvam vaḥ ūrg vaḥ sūryo vo jyotiḥ | To the passages of the S ' . P. Br . regarding the manner in which the gods acquired immortality , above referred to , I may add one as yet unpublished from the ...
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... light it throws on the text of the R.V .: Yajno dakshinām abhyadhāyat | tām samabhavat | tad Indro ' chayat | so ' manyata " yo vai ito janishyate sa idam bhavishyati ” iti | tām prāviśat | tasyā Indra evājāyata | so ' manyata “ yo vai ...
... light it throws on the text of the R.V .: Yajno dakshinām abhyadhāyat | tām samabhavat | tad Indro ' chayat | so ' manyata " yo vai ito janishyate sa idam bhavishyati ” iti | tām prāviśat | tasyā Indra evājāyata | so ' manyata “ yo vai ...
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... light , trees , birds , beasts , fishes , and the race of mortals . ' " The appellation of mother is naturally applied to the earth , as the source from which all vegetable products spring , as well as the home of all living creatures ...
... light , trees , birds , beasts , fishes , and the race of mortals . ' " The appellation of mother is naturally applied to the earth , as the source from which all vegetable products spring , as well as the home of all living creatures ...
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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
Popular passages
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.