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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... Thou art a multiplier , ' they became numerous ( Devāsurāḥ samyattāḥ āsan | kanīyāmso devāḥ āsan bhūyāmso ' surāḥ | te devāḥ etāḥ ishṭakāḥ apaśyan | tāḥ upādadhanta “ bhūyaskṛid asi " ity eva bhūyamso ' bhavan ) . In the Mahābhārata , S ...
... Thou art a multiplier , ' they became numerous ( Devāsurāḥ samyattāḥ āsan | kanīyāmso devāḥ āsan bhūyāmso ' surāḥ | te devāḥ etāḥ ishṭakāḥ apaśyan | tāḥ upādadhanta “ bhūyaskṛid asi " ity eva bhūyamso ' bhavan ) . In the Mahābhārata , S ...
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... thou didst slay thy father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu ...
... thou didst slay thy father , seizing him by the foot ? " 24 In vii . 21 , 7 , mention is made of earlier gods : " Even the former gods 25 admitted their powers to be inferior to thy divine prowess " ( devāś chit te asuryāya pūrve anu ...
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... 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 hymn.27 ( 5 ) ...
... 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 hymn.27 ( 5 ) ...
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... thou who offerest libations , nor thou , o godly man . " vii . 39 , 2. Na devāsaḥ kavatnave | " The gods are not for ( i.e. they are not the portion of ) the illiberal ( or sluggish ) . " Have the words na rite śrāntasya sakhyāya devāḥ ...
... thou who offerest libations , nor thou , o godly man . " vii . 39 , 2. Na devāsaḥ kavatnave | " The gods are not for ( i.e. they are not the portion of ) the illiberal ( or sluggish ) . " Have the words na rite śrāntasya sakhyāya devāḥ ...
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... thou multitudinous laugh of Ocean , and thou Earth , the Universal Mother ; and the all - beholding circle of the Sun I invoke : " ὦ διος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαὶ ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα , παμμήτορ τε γῆ ...
... thou multitudinous laugh of Ocean , and thou Earth , the Universal Mother ; and the all - beholding circle of the Sun I invoke : " ὦ διος αἰθὴρ καὶ ταχύπτεροι πνοαὶ ποταμῶν τε πηγαὶ ποντίων τε κυμάτων ἀνήριθμον γέλασμα , παμμήτορ τε γῆ ...
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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.