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Page vii
As a form of the Agniștoma the ritual feature of the day is its division into three
parts , the morning , midday , and evening pressings of the Soma and their
accompanying Stotras of the Sāman singers and Sastras of the Hotrs . The
Sastras ...
As a form of the Agniștoma the ritual feature of the day is its division into three
parts , the morning , midday , and evening pressings of the Soma and their
accompanying Stotras of the Sāman singers and Sastras of the Hotrs . The
Sastras ...
Page ix
No peculiarities occur in the ritual which follows the Agnistoma 2 until after the
Marutvatiya Sastra , or just after the ending of the morning pressing , when the
setting up of the swing takes place . Holes 4 have to be dug , and the side - posts
and ...
No peculiarities occur in the ritual which follows the Agnistoma 2 until after the
Marutvatiya Sastra , or just after the ending of the morning pressing , when the
setting up of the swing takes place . Holes 4 have to be dug , and the side - posts
and ...
Page xiii
... in the doctrine of the paths after death , a fact which led Max Müller to ascribe
to the Ksatriyas a special interest in this unphilosophical topic , and scarcely
speaks well for their theoretical devotion to pure knowledge as against ritual .
The text ...
... in the doctrine of the paths after death , a fact which led Max Müller to ascribe
to the Ksatriyas a special interest in this unphilosophical topic , and scarcely
speaks well for their theoretical devotion to pure knowledge as against ritual .
The text ...
Page 15
... of the Āgnimāruta ( Sastra ) . These are the hymns of this day . So ends the
Agnistoma . 11 Brahman ( n . ) is the Agnistoma . Brahman is this day . So they
place Brahman in Brahman . They obtain immortality who observe ( the ritual of )
this ...
... of the Āgnimāruta ( Sastra ) . These are the hymns of this day . So ends the
Agnistoma . 11 Brahman ( n . ) is the Agnistoma . Brahman is this day . So they
place Brahman in Brahman . They obtain immortality who observe ( the ritual of )
this ...
Page 22
Cf . Brhadāranyaka Upanişad , vi , 3 ; infra , xii , 8 , for the ritual . * * Possibly
ghrūno should be read , the unusual gender helping the alteration to prūno .
Similarly , in iv , 4 . anointed his limbs with ghee , he should go forth 22
SANKHAYANA ...
Cf . Brhadāranyaka Upanişad , vi , 3 ; infra , xii , 8 , for the ritual . * * Possibly
ghrūno should be read , the unusual gender helping the alteration to prūno .
Similarly , in iv , 4 . anointed his limbs with ghee , he should go forth 22
SANKHAYANA ...
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Aitareya Aranyaka Ajātasatru amulet Bālāki bears becomes Berlin body Brahman Brāhmaṇa breath called cattle contains correspond Cowell Cowell's deities delighted delighted delights described desires Deussen doubt drinks earth eats element entered father fire follows former give glory gods hand head hearing heart Hillebrandt holiness hundred hymn Indra intelligence Janaka Kausītaki known latter light lives Mahāvrata Max Müller means metre mind moon mounted mutters nights obtains offer Prajāpati probably reason recites regards renders rests rich rite ritual Sāman Samhitā Sankarānanda Sānkhāyana Sastra says scholiast's recension sense side skin sound speak speech spirit splendour Srauta Sūtra Stud svāhā swing symbol taken takes thee thou truth union Upanişad Veda verses viii Weber wind world of heaven worship xvii
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Page 24 - I am (like) a season, and the child of the seasons, sprung from the womb of endless space, from the light (from the luminous Brahman). The light, the origin of the year, which is the past, which is the present, which is all living things, and all elements, is the Self3. Thou art the Self. What thou art, that am I.
Page 27 - As long as a man speaks, so long he cannot breathe, then he offers the breath in the speech ; as long. as a man breathes, so long he cannot speak, then he offers the speech in the breath. These are the two never-ending immortal oblations,; waking and sleeping, he continually offers them. All other oblations have an end and possess the nature of works. The ancients, knowing this true sacrifice, did not use to offer the Agnihotra. (5.)
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Page 49 - If another man should chide him who says the Ubhayamantarewa, let him say to him : ' Thou hast offended the sky, the deity; the sky, the deity, will strike thee.' 7. And whatever the reciter shall say to one who speaks to him or does not speak to him, depend upon it, it will come to pass.
Page 57 - Looking upon the loftier light above the darkness we have come To Surya, God among the Gods, the light that is most excellent.
Page 23 - He arrives at the lake of enemies. He crosses it by his mind. Men who know but the present, on coming to it, are overwhelmed. He arrives at the moments which destroy the sacrifice. They flee from him. He arrives at the unaging river. He crosses it by his mind alone. His good deeds and...
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| Title | Publications, Volume 18 Publications, Oriental Translation Fund |
| Contributor | Oriental Translation Fund |
| Publisher | Royal Asiatic Society, 1908 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2005 |
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