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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... veda , x . 72 ; birth of Aditi , Daksha , the gods , and the Adityas . 54 57. SECTION IV . THE ADITYAS . 58-76d . SECTION V. MITRA AND VARUNA . 58. ( 1 ) General idea of these two gods . 59 . 61 . 68 . 69 . 69 . 71 . 72 . 72 . ( 2 ) ...
... veda , x . 72 ; birth of Aditi , Daksha , the gods , and the Adityas . 54 57. SECTION IV . THE ADITYAS . 58-76d . SECTION V. MITRA AND VARUNA . 58. ( 1 ) General idea of these two gods . 59 . 61 . 68 . 69 . 69 . 71 . 72 . 72 . ( 2 ) ...
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... vedic age a name of the moon . 272-283 . SECTION XVII . BRIHASPATI AND BRAHMANASPATI . Professor Roth's account of ... veda . 287. ( 3 ) Hymns and portions of hymns relating to Yama and the Fathers , viz . , x . 17 , 1f .; x . 10 ; x ...
... vedic age a name of the moon . 272-283 . SECTION XVII . BRIHASPATI AND BRAHMANASPATI . Professor Roth's account of ... veda . 287. ( 3 ) Hymns and portions of hymns relating to Yama and the Fathers , viz . , x . 17 , 1f .; x . 10 ; x ...
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... Vedic deities , such as Aditi , Indra , Varuna , etc. In the present volume I propose to give a further account of the cosmogony , mythology , and religious ideas exhibited in the hymns of the Rig - veda , ' and to compare these ...
... Vedic deities , such as Aditi , Indra , Varuna , etc. In the present volume I propose to give a further account of the cosmogony , mythology , and religious ideas exhibited in the hymns of the Rig - veda , ' and to compare these ...
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... Veda veda ; by Professor Weber , and by Drs . Kuhn and Bühler , etc. etc. The substance of some of the following sections is repeated or condensed in a paper which I read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1864. See the ...
... Veda veda ; by Professor Weber , and by Drs . Kuhn and Bühler , etc. etc. The substance of some of the following sections is repeated or condensed in a paper which I read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1864. See the ...
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... Vedic system does not exhibit . I allude to the fact that we find in the Indian epic poems and Purānas a god of the sea , a god of war , and a goddess of love , who ( the last two , at least , ) are unknown to the oldest parts of the Veda ...
... Vedic system does not exhibit . I allude to the fact that we find in the Indian epic poems and Purānas a god of the sea , a god of war , and a goddess of love , who ( the last two , at least , ) are unknown to the oldest parts of the Veda ...
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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.