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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... thing , subject to human handling and control . But from the fact that they dispose of , and bestow upon us , these ... things . But this practice is not free from danger ; for some persons , deviating from the truth , have slipped into ...
... thing , subject to human handling and control . But from the fact that they dispose of , and bestow upon us , these ... things . But this practice is not free from danger ; for some persons , deviating from the truth , have slipped into ...
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... things , various solutions of the mystery might naturally present themselves . Sometimes the production of the existing universe would be ascribed to physical , and at other times to spiritual , powers . 1 On the one hand , the various ...
... things , various solutions of the mystery might naturally present themselves . Sometimes the production of the existing universe would be ascribed to physical , and at other times to spiritual , powers . 1 On the one hand , the various ...
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... things had existed together in indistinguish- able chaos . And , in fact , this idea of the universe having arisen out of darkness and chaos is the doctrine of one of the later hymns of the R.V. ( x . 129 ) . Or , on the other hand ...
... things had existed together in indistinguish- able chaos . And , in fact , this idea of the universe having arisen out of darkness and chaos is the doctrine of one of the later hymns of the R.V. ( x . 129 ) . Or , on the other hand ...
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... ff . • Compare R.V. x . 158 , 1. Suryo no divas pātu Vato antarikshāt | Agnir naḥ pārthivebhyaḥ | “ May the Sun preserve us from the sky , Vayu from the air , and Agni from things on earth . " gātṛi , are applied to one and the same person.
... ff . • Compare R.V. x . 158 , 1. Suryo no divas pātu Vato antarikshāt | Agnir naḥ pārthivebhyaḥ | “ May the Sun preserve us from the sky , Vayu from the air , and Agni from things on earth . " gātṛi , are applied to one and the same person.
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... things is described , as , " there was then neither death nor immortality ” ( x . 129 , 2 ) . Again , a lamentation is uttered , as , " the bright god will fly away and never return " ( x . 95 , 15 ) . Or , praise and blame are ...
... things is described , as , " there was then neither death nor immortality ” ( x . 129 , 2 ) . Again , a lamentation is uttered , as , " the bright god will fly away and never return " ( x . 95 , 15 ) . Or , praise and blame are ...
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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.