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 19
... lord of the immortals and of mortals , his royal patron's life should be prolonged ; but , he adds , no one , even though he attain the age of a hundred years , can live beyond the time the gods appoint ; such has been the perpetual ...
... lord of the immortals and of mortals , his royal patron's life should be prolonged ; but , he adds , no one , even though he attain the age of a hundred years , can live beyond the time the gods appoint ; such has been the perpetual ...
Page 30
... lord of power , made , friendly to himself , give milk to me her son ( Indro yām chakre āt- mane anamitrām śachīpatiḥ | sā no bhūmir visṛijatām mātā putrāya me payah . 49 Who are the sons or children of Indra's brother ( bhrātuḥ putrān ) ...
... lord of power , made , friendly to himself , give milk to me her son ( Indro yām chakre āt- mane anamitrām śachīpatiḥ | sā no bhūmir visṛijatām mātā putrāya me payah . 49 Who are the sons or children of Indra's brother ( bhrātuḥ putrān ) ...
Page 38
... lords of all wealth , that they might exercise divine power . " viii . 47 , 9. Aditir naḥ urushyatu Aditir sarma yachhatu | mātā Mi- trasya revato Aryamno Varunasya cha anehasaḥ | " May Aditi defend . us , may Aditi grant us protection ...
... lords of all wealth , that they might exercise divine power . " viii . 47 , 9. Aditir naḥ urushyatu Aditir sarma yachhatu | mātā Mi- trasya revato Aryamno Varunasya cha anehasaḥ | " May Aditi defend . us , may Aditi grant us protection ...
Page 52
... lords of strength " ( balasya pālakau svāminau vā ) . The epithet " son of strength " ( sahasasputra , sahasaḥ sūnu ) is applied to Agni viii . 49 , 2 ; viii . 60 , 11 ; viii . 64 , 3 ; and savasaḥ putra " son of might " to Indra in ...
... lords of strength " ( balasya pālakau svāminau vā ) . The epithet " son of strength " ( sahasasputra , sahasaḥ sūnu ) is applied to Agni viii . 49 , 2 ; viii . 60 , 11 ; viii . 64 , 3 ; and savasaḥ putra " son of might " to Indra in ...
Page 64
... Lord on high , our deeds , as if at hand , espies : The gods know all men do , though men would fain their deeds disguise . Whoever stands , whoever moves , or steals from place to place , Or hides him in his secret cell , -the gods his ...
... Lord on high , our deeds , as if at hand , espies : The gods know all men do , though men would fain their deeds disguise . Whoever stands , whoever moves , or steals from place to place , Or hides him in his secret cell , -the gods his ...
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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.