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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... passage is quoted more at length in the 4th vol . of this work , pp . 133 ff . * The following is the manner in which Yäska classifies the hymns . I quote the classification as interesting , though unconnected with my present subject ...
... passage is quoted more at length in the 4th vol . of this work , pp . 133 ff . * The following is the manner in which Yäska classifies the hymns . I quote the classification as interesting , though unconnected with my present subject ...
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... passage ( xi . 6 , 3 , 5 ) , the thirty - three are made up in the same manner with the exception of Indra and Prajapati , who are substituted for Heaven and Earth ( te ekatrimsad Indras chaiva Prajapatis cha trayastrimśau ) .13 This ...
... passage ( xi . 6 , 3 , 5 ) , the thirty - three are made up in the same manner with the exception of Indra and Prajapati , who are substituted for Heaven and Earth ( te ekatrimsad Indras chaiva Prajapatis cha trayastrimśau ) .13 This ...
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... passage , xi . 6 , 3 , 5 , one of the twelve Adityas ( as he was regarded at a later period ) , since he is separately specified as making up the number of thirty - three gods . In the R.V. iii . 9 , 9 ( = R.V. x . 52 , 6 and Vāj . S ...
... passage , xi . 6 , 3 , 5 , one of the twelve Adityas ( as he was regarded at a later period ) , since he is separately specified as making up the number of thirty - three gods . In the R.V. iii . 9 , 9 ( = R.V. x . 52 , 6 and Vāj . S ...
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... passage of the Taittirīya Sam̃hitā ( vi . 5 , 6 ) , referred to by Sayana on R. V. viii . 72 , 8 . 19 In R.V. x . 101 , 12 , a goddess called Nishțigrī is mentioned , apparently as the mother of Indra : Nishṭigryāḥ putram ā chāvaya ...
... passage of the Taittirīya Sam̃hitā ( vi . 5 , 6 ) , referred to by Sayana on R. V. viii . 72 , 8 . 19 In R.V. x . 101 , 12 , a goddess called Nishțigrī is mentioned , apparently as the mother of Indra : Nishṭigryāḥ putram ā chāvaya ...
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... passage referred to , which I quote to show how little 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 ...
... passage referred to , which I quote to show how little 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 ...
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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.