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 v
... referred in proof of the repre- sentations I have made . To have done so would have extended the work to an unnecessary length , as nu- merous verses are cited for the sake of a single epithet . Some of the texts are rendered in full ...
... referred in proof of the repre- sentations I have made . To have done so would have extended the work to an unnecessary length , as nu- merous verses are cited for the sake of a single epithet . Some of the texts are rendered in full ...
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... referred to in a hymn to the sun in the Mahābhārata iii . 171 , as joining in the worship of that deity : Trayas trims ach cha vai devāḥ . See also v . 14019 and 15465 of the same third book ; book iv . 1769 , and book xiii . 7102 ...
... referred to in a hymn to the sun in the Mahābhārata iii . 171 , as joining in the worship of that deity : Trayas trims ach cha vai devāḥ . See also v . 14019 and 15465 of the same third book ; book iv . 1769 , and book xiii . 7102 ...
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... 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 utaye Indram | " draw hither Indra the son of Nishtigri ...
... 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 utaye Indram | " draw hither Indra the son of Nishtigri ...
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... referred to , I may add one as yet unpublished from the India Office MS . of the Taittirīya Sanhitā vii . 4 , 2 , 1 : Yathā vai manushyāḥ evam devāḥ agre āsan | te ' kāmayanṭāvarttim pāpmānam mṛityum apahatya daivīm samsadam gachhema ...
... referred to , I may add one as yet unpublished from the India Office MS . of the Taittirīya Sanhitā vii . 4 , 2 , 1 : Yathā vai manushyāḥ evam devāḥ agre āsan | te ' kāmayanṭāvarttim pāpmānam mṛityum apahatya daivīm samsadam gachhema ...
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... 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 prāviśat ...
... 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 prāviśat ...
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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.