Rig-Veda-Sanhita: The Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, Volume 1Friedrich Max Müller Trübner, 1869 - 263 pages |
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Page vii
... ancient language and ancient religion . Even five and twenty years ago , and without waiting for the publication of Sâyana's commentary , much might have been achieved in the interpretation of the hymns of the Rig - veda . With the MSS ...
... ancient language and ancient religion . Even five and twenty years ago , and without waiting for the publication of Sâyana's commentary , much might have been achieved in the interpretation of the hymns of the Rig - veda . With the MSS ...
Page viii
... ancient relics of a primitive religion might have been at least partially deciphered and translated in the same way in which ancient inscriptions are deciphered and translated , viz . by a careful collection of all grammatical forms ...
... ancient relics of a primitive religion might have been at least partially deciphered and translated in the same way in which ancient inscriptions are deciphered and translated , viz . by a careful collection of all grammatical forms ...
Page x
... ancient of books in the library of mankind . Such a book , and the commentary of such a book , should be edited once for all ; and unless some unexpected discovery is made of more ancient MSS . , I do not anticipate that any future ...
... ancient of books in the library of mankind . Such a book , and the commentary of such a book , should be edited once for all ; and unless some unexpected discovery is made of more ancient MSS . , I do not anticipate that any future ...
Page xii
... ancient words of the Veda . We have , on the one hand , to avoid giving to our translations too modern a character , or paraphrasing instead of translating ; while , on the other , we cannot retain expressions which , if literally ...
... ancient words of the Veda . We have , on the one hand , to avoid giving to our translations too modern a character , or paraphrasing instead of translating ; while , on the other , we cannot retain expressions which , if literally ...
Page xvi
... ancient hymns of the Brahmans will never lead to any solid results . Even if the translator has discovered the right meaning of a word or of a whole sentence , his mere translation does not help us much , unless he shows us the process ...
... ancient hymns of the Brahmans will never lead to any solid results . Even if the translator has discovered the right meaning of a word or of a whole sentence , his mere translation does not help us much , unless he shows us the process ...
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abhí accent ádhi Aditi áditih Âdityas adjective agne Agni ancient ánu Anushtubh applied arushá Aryaman Asvins Aufr Benfey Bollensen called chariot cloud cows Daksha dawn deity derived diváh doubt earth enemies epithet explained Gâyatrî give gods Greek heaven horses hymns Indra índrah íti kaná LANGLOIS lengthened light M. M. vol Mandala marutah Maruts meaning metre note¹ occurs originally pâda Pada text pári passages praise Prâtisâkhya prayer Professor Aufrecht Professor Kuhn Professor Roth rain Rig-veda sacrifice sáh sám Sandhi Sanhitâ text Sanskrit sárdhas Savitar Sâyana semivowels sense short syllable Soma strength strong Sûtra svadháyâ synizesis tám tát thee thou translate Trishtubh tvâ tvám úpa utá váhnih vâm Varuna Veda Vedic Vedic poets Verse viii Vishnu vowel vríshâ vríshan vríshanam Vritra wealth Wilson words worship yáh yát Zeitschrift