The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... mountain - crest ? Why cast into the flames ? Why was he made a mark for the tusks of the elephants of the spheres ? Where- fore was the blast of death directed against him by the enemies of the gods ? Why did the priests of the Daityas ...
... mountain - crest ? Why cast into the flames ? Why was he made a mark for the tusks of the elephants of the spheres ? Where- fore was the blast of death directed against him by the enemies of the gods ? Why did the priests of the Daityas ...
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... mountain - peaks , cast down upon the earth , and trampled on , and gored by their tusks . But he continued to call to mind Govinda ; and the tusks of the elephants were blunted against his breast . " Behold " , he said to his father ...
... mountain - peaks , cast down upon the earth , and trampled on , and gored by their tusks . But he continued to call to mind Govinda ; and the tusks of the elephants were blunted against his breast . " Behold " , he said to his father ...
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... mountains , where his body should be dashed to pieces against the rocks . Accord- ingly , the Daityas hurled the boy down : and he fell , cherishing Hari in his heart ; and Earth , the nurse of all creatures , received him gently on her ...
... mountains , where his body should be dashed to pieces against the rocks . Accord- ingly , the Daityas hurled the boy down : and he fell , cherishing Hari in his heart ; and Earth , the nurse of all creatures , received him gently on her ...
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... mountain tribes should be reduced ; how internal grievances should be rooted out . All this , and what else he had studied , the youth was commanded , by his father , to explain . To this , Prahláda , having bowed affectionately and ...
... mountain tribes should be reduced ; how internal grievances should be rooted out . All this , and what else he had studied , the youth was commanded , by his father , to explain . To this , Prahláda , having bowed affectionately and ...
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... mountains . Accordingly , the Daityas and Dána- sovereign of the three worlds , in the time of the dwarf incarna- tion , and , afterwards , monarch of Pátála . ' With Nágapásas , ' snake - nooses ' ; tortuous and twining round the limbs ...
... mountains . Accordingly , the Daityas and Dána- sovereign of the three worlds , in the time of the dwarf incarna- tion , and , afterwards , monarch of Pátála . ' With Nágapásas , ' snake - nooses ' ; tortuous and twining round the limbs ...
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