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according amongst ancient appear Arjuna arms army Aryan battle beautiful become Bharata Bhíma Bhíshma body Brahmanical brethren brother brought called carried caste character chariot Chieftains command Council Daityas daughter dead death deity desired Draupadí Drona Drupada Duryodhana enemy engaged entered father fight fire five follows friends gave give gods hand Hastinápur head heard hero Hindú HISTORY horse husband hymns idea INDIA Indra jungle Karna Kauravas Krishna Kshatriya Kuntí later leave legend Mahá Maháraja manner marriage mother myth mythical Nala narrative never night offered original palace Pandavas passed performed period plain prepared present priest Raja Rání refer regarded remains replied respect returned round sage saying seems sent side slain sons story tion told took tradition turned Vedic Viráta Vyása warriors whilst whole wife women worship young Yudhishthira
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Page 154 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 154 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 579 - NEWMAN. — A HANDBOOK OF MODERN ARABIC, consisting of a Practical Grammar, with numerous Examples, Dialogues, and Newspaper Extracts, in European Type.
Page 20 - Let me not yet, O Varuna, enter into the house of clay : have mercy, almighty, have mercy. " If I go along trembling like a cloud driven by the wind : have mercy, Almighty, have mercy...
Page 24 - He who gives life, he who gives strength ; whose command all the Bright Gods revere ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?
Page 154 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah : to what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me...
Page 573 - Asiatic Society. — JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, from the Commencement to 1863. First Series, complete in 20 Vols. 8vo., with many Plates. Price £10; or, in Single Numbers, as follows :— Nos. 1 to 14, 6s.
Page 25 - He through whom the sky is bright and the earth firm ; He through whom the Heaven was 'stablished — nay, the highest heaven — He who measured out the light in the air. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice...
Page 25 - He who by His might looked even over the water-clouds, the clouds which gave strength and Lit the sacrifice, He who is God above all gods; — Who is the god to whom we shall offer our sacrifice? May He not destroy us — He the creator of the earth; or He, the righteous, who created the heaven; He who also created the bright and mighty waters; — Who is the god to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?
Page 579 - Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and the Libraries of the Royal Asiatic Society and the East India House; with copious Notes, an English Translation, and Index of Prakrit words, to which is prefixed an easy Introduction to Prakrit Grammar. By...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Vedic period and the Mahá Bhárata Volume 1 of The History of India from the Earliest Ages, James Talboys Wheeler |
| Author | James Talboys Wheeler |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2006 |
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