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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Indra ) made thy mother a widow ? Who sought to kill thee lying or moving ? What god was present in the fray , when thou didst slay thy father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even ...
Indra ) made thy mother a widow ? Who sought to kill thee lying or moving ? What god was present in the fray , when thou didst slay thy father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even ...
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... thee Indra , when thou didst prolong ( ? ) day and night . 5. When thou didst fight alone against all the furious gods , thou didst slay the destructive . " This interpretation is favoured by the tenor of verses 4 , 6 , 8-11 of the same ...
... thee Indra , when thou didst prolong ( ? ) day and night . 5. When thou didst fight alone against all the furious gods , thou didst slay the destructive . " This interpretation is favoured by the tenor of verses 4 , 6 , 8-11 of the same ...
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... thee , thunderer , nor anything born , nor both worlds ” ( yad dyāvaḥ Indra te s'atam satam bhūmīr uta syuḥ | na tvā vajrin sahasram sūryāḥ anu na jātam ashța rodasi ) . ririche divaḥ Indraḥ prithivyaḥ arddham id asya prati rodasi ubhe ...
... thee , thunderer , nor anything born , nor both worlds ” ( yad dyāvaḥ Indra te s'atam satam bhūmīr uta syuḥ | na tvā vajrin sahasram sūryāḥ anu na jātam ashța rodasi ) . ririche divaḥ Indraḥ prithivyaḥ arddham id asya prati rodasi ubhe ...
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... thee , after the manner of men , o most youthful god , make us free from sin against Aditi ; loosen our sins altogether away , o Agni " 86 On the different senses of the word vrata see Müller , Trans . of R.V. i . 225 ff . Here he ...
... thee , after the manner of men , o most youthful god , make us free from sin against Aditi ; loosen our sins altogether away , o Agni " 86 On the different senses of the word vrata see Müller , Trans . of R.V. i . 225 ff . Here he ...
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... thee . 4. What great sin is it , Varuna , for which thou seekest to slay thy worshipper and friend ? Tell me , o unassailable and self - dependent god ; and , freed from sin , I shall speedily come to thee with adoration . 5. Release us ...
... thee . 4. What great sin is it , Varuna , for which thou seekest to slay thy worshipper and friend ? Tell me , o unassailable and self - dependent god ; and , freed from sin , I shall speedily come to thee with adoration . 5. Release 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.