The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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Page vii
... bringing of Agni . - § 24. Agni's kinship with the race of men . - § 25 . The funereal Agni . - § 26. Soma , the Eranian Haoma.— § 27. Soma the plant . — § 28. The pressing of the Soma plant and preparation of the sacrificial Soma ...
... bringing of Agni . - § 24. Agni's kinship with the race of men . - § 25 . The funereal Agni . - § 26. Soma , the Eranian Haoma.— § 27. Soma the plant . — § 28. The pressing of the Soma plant and preparation of the sacrificial Soma ...
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... bringing to their own side much of the rainfall which should by rights go to the far thirstier plains of Tibet and Bokharia . Nor is it only by storing the moisture in its snowdrifts and glaciers , by nursing and feed- ing India's ...
... bringing to their own side much of the rainfall which should by rights go to the far thirstier plains of Tibet and Bokharia . Nor is it only by storing the moisture in its snowdrifts and glaciers , by nursing and feed- ing India's ...
Page 13
... brings both floods and drought , crops and whole villages being swept away in one province , while in another noth- ing has come up at all , with the uniform result― famine and frightful mortality - not to speak of such seasons when the ...
... brings both floods and drought , crops and whole villages being swept away in one province , while in another noth- ing has come up at all , with the uniform result― famine and frightful mortality - not to speak of such seasons when the ...
Page 14
... bring relief , for the southwest monsoon failed for the third time , and though the autumn monsoon , for a wonder , did arrive laden with some goodly showers , the curse was not removed from the land until a normal rainfall once more ...
... bring relief , for the southwest monsoon failed for the third time , and though the autumn monsoon , for a wonder , did arrive laden with some goodly showers , the curse was not removed from the land until a normal rainfall once more ...
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... bring a considerable income without being cut down ; these are the gum - trees , with their rich yield of caoutchouc , lac , and other gums . ' The British Government at last awoke to the absolute necessity of taking vigor- ous measures ...
... bring a considerable income without being cut down ; these are the gum - trees , with their rich yield of caoutchouc , lac , and other gums . ' The British Government at last awoke to the absolute necessity of taking vigor- ous measures ...
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Aditi Âdityas Agni amrita ancient Angiras Aryan Âryas Ashvins Asura Avesta beautiful born Brahmanic called caste celestial Chaldea chariot clouds course cows darkness Dasyu Dawn deity descended Devas divine drama Dravidian drink Dyâus earth Eranian father fire forest gods golden Greek heaven heavenly Himâlaya Hindu horses human hymns immortal India Indo-Eranian Indra Indus king land language later light living Manu Maruts Max Müller means modern moon mortal mother mountain myth mythical native nature night original Parjanya passages Penjâb plants poet poetical prayer priestly priests primeval probably Purânas race religion Rig-Veda Rishis river root sacred sacrifice Sanskrit Saramâ Savitar scholars Serpent Shûdra Soma spirit Story of Chaldea Story of Media Sûrya texts thee things thou tion tree tribes Tritsu Tvashtar Ushas Váruna Vasishtha Veda Vedic verse Vishnu Vivasvat Vritra waters word worship Yama
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Page 338 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 86 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed? Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine? I name thee, O Sakoontala! and all at once is said.
Page 341 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 178 - Where life is free, in the third heaven of heavens, where the worlds are radiant, there make me immortal...
Page 172 - We have drunk the Soma ; we have become immortal : we have entered into light; we have known the gods. What can an enemy now do to us, or what can the malice of any mortal effect...
Page 338 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 414 - Second hymn : 1. \\7ise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmaments. He lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ; he stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth.