The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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Page 21
... sometimes is sufficient to scratch the surface of the soil with - which is all that is needed ; the seed is then laid in the shallow furrow , sometimes covered up and sometimes not , and the tillers sit down confi- dently to await ...
... sometimes is sufficient to scratch the surface of the soil with - which is all that is needed ; the seed is then laid in the shallow furrow , sometimes covered up and sometimes not , and the tillers sit down confi- dently to await ...
Page 26
... sometimes at an elevation of two hundred feet from the ground , and the whole structure is crowned with the dome of verdure in which the central trunk finally culminates . The leaves , which grow very close together , are five inches ...
... sometimes at an elevation of two hundred feet from the ground , and the whole structure is crowned with the dome of verdure in which the central trunk finally culminates . The leaves , which grow very close together , are five inches ...
Page 34
... sometimes reaches the size of a large tree and which is the real home of the plant , whence it was introduced into China where there is a quaint legend about it : a very studious and philosophical young prince grudged nature the hours ...
... sometimes reaches the size of a large tree and which is the real home of the plant , whence it was introduced into China where there is a quaint legend about it : a very studious and philosophical young prince grudged nature the hours ...
Page 60
... sometimes a great many , are connected with or derived from one another , all expressing different forms or shadings of one common fundamental idea . On examining such words more closely , it will turn out that this common idea resides ...
... sometimes a great many , are connected with or derived from one another , all expressing different forms or shadings of one common fundamental idea . On examining such words more closely , it will turn out that this common idea resides ...
Page 80
... sometimes a bloody one , be- tween the two companies , which lasted over a century , that the Dutch gradually retreated from the continent and centred all their efforts and re- sources on the islands which to this day obey their rule ...
... sometimes a bloody one , be- tween the two companies , which lasted over a century , that the Dutch gradually retreated from the continent and centred all their efforts and re- sources on the islands which to this day obey their rule ...
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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.