The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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... gives the distance between Bayonne ( on the Atlantic coast by the Pyrenees ) and Constanti- nople ; while another , stretched from the northern- most angle , just where the Indus turns southwards , to Cape Comorin , equals in length ...
... gives the distance between Bayonne ( on the Atlantic coast by the Pyrenees ) and Constanti- nople ; while another , stretched from the northern- most angle , just where the Indus turns southwards , to Cape Comorin , equals in length ...
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... gives scope to variety of scenery . We are told that it is not uncommon to stand on some point , from which the eye takes in a semicircular sweep of undulating or jagged snow - line with an iridescent , opal - like glory ever playing ...
... gives scope to variety of scenery . We are told that it is not uncommon to stand on some point , from which the eye takes in a semicircular sweep of undulating or jagged snow - line with an iridescent , opal - like glory ever playing ...
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... give well - nigh incredible figures : 125 inches in that part of the Penjâb high- · lands which faces the southwest and is exposed to the full force of the monsoon ; 220 inches in similarly situated parts of Bengal ; while Assam ...
... give well - nigh incredible figures : 125 inches in that part of the Penjâb high- · lands which faces the southwest and is exposed to the full force of the monsoon ; 220 inches in similarly situated parts of Bengal ; while Assam ...
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... give one palpable illustration of the ghastly phenomenon , we will borrow the record for the single province of Madras from a contem- porary work of the highest authority and reliability ' : I W. W. Hunter's , The Indian Empire , etc ...
... give one palpable illustration of the ghastly phenomenon , we will borrow the record for the single province of Madras from a contem- porary work of the highest authority and reliability ' : I W. W. Hunter's , The Indian Empire , etc ...
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... gives the impression of slimness . It was as famous in its way as the cedars of Lebanon , and ancient writers tell us that Alexander the Great used it to build his fleet . But the Himâlaya has , over the Lebanon , the advantage of being ...
... gives the impression of slimness . It was as famous in its way as the cedars of Lebanon , and ancient writers tell us that Alexander the Great used it to build his fleet . But the Himâlaya has , over the Lebanon , the advantage of being ...
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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.