The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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Page iii
... separates , and leave the Story of Brahmanic India to the im- mediately following volume , which will embrace the results attained by the study of the Atharva - Veda , the Brahmanas , the Upanishads , the Laws , and a synopsis at least ...
... separates , and leave the Story of Brahmanic India to the im- mediately following volume , which will embrace the results attained by the study of the Atharva - Veda , the Brahmanas , the Upanishads , the Laws , and a synopsis at least ...
Page 16
... continent , as the Himâlayas themselves between the whole of India and the rest of the world , and during long ages kept the two separate in race , language , and culture . A 17 4. A VIEW IN DEKHAN ; THE GHATS 16 VEDIC INDIA .
... continent , as the Himâlayas themselves between the whole of India and the rest of the world , and during long ages kept the two separate in race , language , and culture . A 17 4. A VIEW IN DEKHAN ; THE GHATS 16 VEDIC INDIA .
Page 49
... separate them entirely from their brethren of India , these two Asiatic branches of the Aryan tree being so closely connected in their beginnings , the sap coursing through both being so evidently the same life - blood , that a study of ...
... separate them entirely from their brethren of India , these two Asiatic branches of the Aryan tree being so closely connected in their beginnings , the sap coursing through both being so evidently the same life - blood , that a study of ...
Page 50
... separate and strongly individual way . Not so the peoples who descended into India and settled there . The nations of this branch were merely the continuation of the mother trunk . They did not break with any of their ancestral ...
... separate and strongly individual way . Not so the peoples who descended into India and settled there . The nations of this branch were merely the continuation of the mother trunk . They did not break with any of their ancestral ...
Page 56
... separate , and detach- ment after detachment leaves the mother trunk , never to return and never again to meet , save in ages to come , mostly as enemies , with no remotest mem- ory of a long severed tie , of a common origin . 8. As ...
... separate , and detach- ment after detachment leaves the mother trunk , never to return and never again to meet , save in ages to come , mostly as enemies , with no remotest mem- ory of a long severed tie , of a common origin . 8. As ...
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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.