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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... MENTIONED IN THE VEDIC 337 . 343 . 345 . HYMNS . ( 1 ) Sarasvati , Ila , Bhārati , Mahi , Hotrā , Varutrī , and Dhishanā . ( 2 ) Apas , the Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) ...
... MENTIONED IN THE VEDIC 337 . 343 . 345 . HYMNS . ( 1 ) Sarasvati , Ila , Bhārati , Mahi , Hotrā , Varutrī , and Dhishanā . ( 2 ) Apas , the Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) ...
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... mentioned as being much more numerous : " Three hundred , three thousand , thirty and nine gods have worshipped Agni , " 15 etc. ( trīni śatā trī sahasrāni Agnim trimśach cha devāḥ nava cha asaparyan ) . In another passage ( i . 27 , 13 ) ...
... mentioned as being much more numerous : " Three hundred , three thousand , thirty and nine gods have worshipped Agni , " 15 etc. ( trīni śatā trī sahasrāni Agnim trimśach cha devāḥ nava cha asaparyan ) . In another passage ( i . 27 , 13 ) ...
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... mentioned in various texts , and his father and mother alluded to , though not generally named " 9 ( iv . 17 , 4 , 12 ; iv . 18 , 5 , 12 ; viii . 45 , 4 ; viii . 66 , 1 ; x . 134 , 1 ff . ) . In vi . 59 , 1 , Indra and Agni are ad- 19 ...
... mentioned in various texts , and his father and mother alluded to , though not generally named " 9 ( iv . 17 , 4 , 12 ; iv . 18 , 5 , 12 ; viii . 45 , 4 ; viii . 66 , 1 ; x . 134 , 1 ff . ) . In vi . 59 , 1 , Indra and Agni are ad- 19 ...
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... mentioned 20 Sayana interprets this by saying that he gives them soma and other means of attaining immortality ( amṛitatvam tat - sādhanam uttamam utkṛishṭatamam bhāgam somādi - lakshanam suvasi anujānāsi ) . The same deity is said i ...
... mentioned 20 Sayana interprets this by saying that he gives them soma and other means of attaining immortality ( amṛitatvam tat - sādhanam uttamam utkṛishṭatamam bhāgam somādi - lakshanam suvasi anujānāsi ) . The same deity is said i ...
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... mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu kshat- trāya mamire sahāmsi ) . Earlier gods are also mentioned in x . 109 , 4 ...
... mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu kshat- trāya mamire sahāmsi ) . Earlier gods are also mentioned in x . 109 , 4 ...
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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.