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
... Waters ) .- § 22. Agni's descent with the rain . - § 23. The finding and 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 ...
... Waters ) .- § 22. Agni's descent with the rain . - § 23. The finding and 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 ...
Page viii
... Waters and Rivers.— 23. The divine Sarasvatî ; probably at one time the Indus , and still earlier the Eranian Haraqaiti . - § 24. Sarasvatî , the goddess of eloquence and sacred poetry . — § 25. Vâch , deified Speech .-— § 26. Aranyanî ...
... Waters and Rivers.— 23. The divine Sarasvatî ; probably at one time the Indus , and still earlier the Eranian Haraqaiti . - § 24. Sarasvatî , the goddess of eloquence and sacred poetry . — § 25. Vâch , deified Speech .-— § 26. Aranyanî ...
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... waters which sur- rounded the lower half of the continent , being those of an ocean rather than of inland seas , for many cen- turies served purposes of isolation far more than of intercourse . So the great North beyond the moun- tains ...
... waters which sur- rounded the lower half of the continent , being those of an ocean rather than of inland seas , for many cen- turies served purposes of isolation far more than of intercourse . So the great North beyond the moun- tains ...
Page 8
... waters only the heavens and the mountain wilderness that cradles them ; and there , too , cluster the springs of the great rivers , holiest of things , -- the INDUS , and the SUTLEJ , and the GANGES , and the BRAHMAPUTRA with the most ...
... waters only the heavens and the mountain wilderness that cradles them ; and there , too , cluster the springs of the great rivers , holiest of things , -- the INDUS , and the SUTLEJ , and the GANGES , and the BRAHMAPUTRA with the most ...
Page 10
... water- filled skin cut open by a rock against which it was hurled . The monsoon , being abruptly stopped as well as the ... waters which cannot sail over their lofty heads , and for want of which the great Central Tableland is doomed to ...
... water- filled skin cut open by a rock against which it was hurled . The monsoon , being abruptly stopped as well as the ... waters which cannot sail over their lofty heads , and for want of which the great Central Tableland is doomed to ...
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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.