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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... poets , and other subjects , which originally appeared in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1864 , and the two following years and I have appended a new section , on life and manners during the ...
... poets , and other subjects , which originally appeared in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1864 , and the two following years and I have appended a new section , on life and manners during the ...
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... poets . 4 . 8-20 . SECTION I. THE INDIAN GODS GENERALLY , AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 8 . ( 1 ) Yaska's classification of the gods . 9 . ( 2 ) Their number . 12 . ( 3 ) Their origin and immortality . 16 . 18 . 21 22 . 24 . 30 ...
... poets . 4 . 8-20 . SECTION I. THE INDIAN GODS GENERALLY , AS REPRESENTED IN THE RIG - VEDA . 8 . ( 1 ) Yaska's classification of the gods . 9 . ( 2 ) Their number . 12 . ( 3 ) Their origin and immortality . 16 . 18 . 21 22 . 24 . 30 ...
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... poets , and disclose to us , in the earliest stages of formation , a variety of myths which a few centuries later had assumed a fixed and recognised form . It is also to be noticed that , from the copiousness of the ma- terials they ...
... poets , and disclose to us , in the earliest stages of formation , a variety of myths which a few centuries later had assumed a fixed and recognised form . It is also to be noticed that , from the copiousness of the ma- terials they ...
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... poets . The varieties and discrepancies which are in this way incident to all nature - worship , are , in the case of the Vedic mythology , augmented by the number of the poets by whom it was moulded , and the length of time during ...
... poets . The varieties and discrepancies which are in this way incident to all nature - worship , are , in the case of the Vedic mythology , augmented by the number of the poets by whom it was moulded , and the length of time during ...
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of each particular god might be differently estimated by different poets , or perhaps by the same poet , according ... poet devoted to his worship , be brought out into greater prominence . In such circumstances it need not surprise us ...
of each particular god might be differently estimated by different poets , or perhaps by the same poet , according ... poet devoted to his worship , be brought out into greater prominence . In such circumstances it need not surprise us ...
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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.