The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... earth ; and the people perished . The winds could not blow ; the sky was shut out by the forests ; and mankind was unable to labour for ten thousand years . When the sages , coming forth from the deep , beheld this , they were angry ...
... earth ; and the people perished . The winds could not blow ; the sky was shut out by the forests ; and mankind was unable to labour for ten thousand years . When the sages , coming forth from the deep , beheld this , they were angry ...
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... earth , is narrated in most of the Puráñas in a similar manner . It is , perhaps , the original legend ; for Daksha seems to be an irregular adjunct to the Prajapatis or mind - born sons of Brahmá ( see Vol . I. , p . 100 , note 2 ) ...
... earth , is narrated in most of the Puráñas in a similar manner . It is , perhaps , the original legend ; for Daksha seems to be an irregular adjunct to the Prajapatis or mind - born sons of Brahmá ( see Vol . I. , p . 100 , note 2 ) ...
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... earth ' : भुवः प्रमाणं सर्वत्र ज्ञात्वोर्ध्वमध एव च । * नारद उवाच । हे हर्यश्वा महावीर्यः प्रजा यूयं करिष्यथ । ईदृशी लक्ष्यते भावो ...
... earth ' : भुवः प्रमाणं सर्वत्र ज्ञात्वोर्ध्वमध एव च । * नारद उवाच । हे हर्यश्वा महावीर्यः प्रजा यूयं करिष्यथ । ईदृशी लक्ष्यते भावो ...
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... earth were born of Arundhatí ; and Sankalpa ( pious purpose ) , the soul of all , was the son of Sankalpá . The deities called Vasus , because , preceded by fire , they abound in splendour and might , ' - are , severally , named Ápa ...
... earth were born of Arundhatí ; and Sankalpa ( pious purpose ) , the soul of all , was the son of Sankalpá . The deities called Vasus , because , preceded by fire , they abound in splendour and might , ' - are , severally , named Ápa ...
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... earth trem- bled , when , bound with bonds , he moved amidst the waters of the ocean . His firm body , fortified by a mind engrossed by Achyuta , was unwounded by the weapons hurled on him by order of the Daitya monarch ; and the ...
... earth trem- bled , when , bound with bonds , he moved amidst the waters of the ocean . His firm body , fortified by a mind engrossed by Achyuta , was unwounded by the weapons hurled on him by order of the Daitya monarch ; and the ...
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