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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... Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) Agnāyī , Varunānī , Asvinī , Rodasī . 346 . ( 5 ) Aranyānī ; ( 6 ) Rākā , Sinivālī , and Gungū ; ( 7 ) Sraddhā . 348. ( 8 ) Lakshmi and ...
... Waters ; hymn to the Sindhu , Gangā , Yamunā , and other rivers . ( 3 ) The Apsarases . 345. ( 4 ) Agnāyī , Varunānī , Asvinī , Rodasī . 346 . ( 5 ) Aranyānī ; ( 6 ) Rākā , Sinivālī , and Gungū ; ( 7 ) Sraddhā . 348. ( 8 ) Lakshmi and ...
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... waters , in the rain , in the storm , in the thunder and lightning , they beheld the presence and agency of different divine powers , propitious or angry , whose characters corresponded with those of the physical operations or ...
... waters , in the rain , in the storm , in the thunder and lightning , they beheld the presence and agency of different divine powers , propitious or angry , whose characters corresponded with those of the physical operations or ...
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... waters , do ye welcome this our offering ( ye devāso divi ekādaśa stha pṛithivyām adhi ekādaśa stha | apsukshito mahinā ekādaśa stha te devāso yajnam imam jushadhvam ) . iii . 6. 9. " Agni bring hither according to thy wont and gladden ...
... waters , do ye welcome this our offering ( ye devāso divi ekādaśa stha pṛithivyām adhi ekādaśa stha | apsukshito mahinā ekādaśa stha te devāso yajnam imam jushadhvam ) . iii . 6. 9. " Agni bring hither according to thy wont and gladden ...
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... waters , and with Tvashtri , begotten Agni ( yam tvā dyāvā - pṛithivi yam tv āpas Tvashṭā yam̃ tvā sujanimā jajāna ) . And in various passages they are said to have made ( pitară bhūma chakra- tuḥ ) , and to sustain ( pitā mātā cha ...
... waters , and with Tvashtri , begotten Agni ( yam tvā dyāvā - pṛithivi yam tv āpas Tvashṭā yam̃ tvā sujanimā jajāna ) . And in various passages they are said to have made ( pitară bhūma chakra- tuḥ ) , and to sustain ( pitā mātā cha ...
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... waters are said to know the birth - place of heaven and earth ( viduḥ prithivyāḥ divo janitram śrinvanti apo adha ksharantiḥ ) . In x . 31 , 7 , the Rishi asks : " What was the forest , what was the tree , from which they fashioned the ...
... waters are said to know the birth - place of heaven and earth ( viduḥ prithivyāḥ divo janitram śrinvanti apo adha ksharantiḥ ) . In x . 31 , 7 , the Rishi asks : " What was the forest , what was the tree , from which they fashioned the ...
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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.