The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Vedic period and the Mahá BhárataN. Trübner, 1867 |
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... gods invested with human wants and aspirations , and invoked to partake of food Flesh offerings Religious rites connected with eating and drinking , and per- formed at every meal Connection of cooking with sacrifice • • Greatness of the ...
... gods invested with human wants and aspirations , and invoked to partake of food Flesh offerings Religious rites connected with eating and drinking , and per- formed at every meal Connection of cooking with sacrifice • • Greatness of the ...
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... god of the firmament Attributes of a human hero superadded to those of the god 14 of the firmament Frequently addressed ... gods of the Rig - Veda Characteristics of Varuna , or Water Mysterious attributes of water Water a purifier and a ...
... god of the firmament Attributes of a human hero superadded to those of the god 14 of the firmament Frequently addressed ... gods of the Rig - Veda Characteristics of Varuna , or Water Mysterious attributes of water Water a purifier and a ...
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... gods Palpable contradictions in the mythical portions of the Mahá Bhárata Significance of the marriage of Dhritarashtra and Gándhári The Gandharians a famous people , whose name is still pre- served in Kandahar Monogamy of Dhritarashtra ...
... gods Palpable contradictions in the mythical portions of the Mahá Bhárata Significance of the marriage of Dhritarashtra and Gándhári The Gandharians a famous people , whose name is still pre- served in Kandahar Monogamy of Dhritarashtra ...
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... gods . 87 The Kauravas and Pándavas enter the area ib . Salute Drona ib . Feats of arms ib . Archery on foot ... god ib . 94 Birth of Karna ib . • The babe floated in a chest upon the river to the country of Anga ib . PAGE Review of the ...
... gods . 87 The Kauravas and Pándavas enter the area ib . Salute Drona ib . Feats of arms ib . Archery on foot ... god ib . 94 Birth of Karna ib . • The babe floated in a chest upon the river to the country of Anga ib . PAGE Review of the ...
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... gods ib . Conception of sacrifice amongst the Kshatriyas ib . Decline of the political element during the Brahmanical ascendancy 157 Change in the religious sentiment . Simple idea of propitiating the gods by delicious food , modified ...
... gods ib . Conception of sacrifice amongst the Kshatriyas ib . Decline of the political element during the Brahmanical ascendancy 157 Change in the religious sentiment . Simple idea of propitiating the gods by delicious food , modified ...
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Abhimanyu Agni amongst ancient appear Arjuna army Aryan Asura Aswamedha Aswattháma Babhru-váhana Balaráma battle behold Bhima Bhishma Bráh Brahmanical Brahmanical compilers brethren brother chariot Chieftains combat command Damayantí damsel daughter davas death deity Devayání Dhaumya Dhrishta-dyumna Dhritarashtra Draupadí Drona Drupada Duhsásana Duryod Duryodhana Dwáraká elephant enemy exile father feast fight foregoing Gándhárí Gandharvas gods Hastinapur head hero Hindú hishthira HISTORY HISTORY OF INDIA homa horse husband hymns INDIA Indra Indra-prastha Jayadratha jewels jungle Karna Kauravas Kíchaka kinsmen Krishna Kshatriya Kuntí legend Mahá Bhárata Maharaja marriage mother myth mythical Nala narrative palace Pán Pándavas Pándu performed pray present priest Raja Drupada Raja Viráta Raja Yudhishthira Rajasúya Rání returned Rig-Veda Rishis sacrifice sage Sahadeva Sakuni Sálya Sanjaya Sátyaki serpents slain slay sons story Susarman Swayamvara thira tion took tradition Uttar Vasudeva Vedic Vidura Vishnu Vyása warriors whilst wife women words worship wrath yodhana Yudhish
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Page 156 - 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 156 - 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 22 - 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 26 - 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 156 - 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...
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Page 27 - 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 27 - 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?