The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... son of the Prachetasas : his different characters : his sons : his daughters : their marriages and progeny : allusion to Prahláda , his descendant . WHILST the Prachetasas were thus absorbed in their devotions , the trees spread , and ...
... son of the Prachetasas : his different characters : his sons : his daughters : their marriages and progeny : allusion to Prahláda , his descendant . WHILST the Prachetasas were thus absorbed in their devotions , the trees spread , and ...
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... son equal to a patriarch ( amongst men ) . May I be possessed of affluence and beauty ; may I be pleasing in the sight of all ; and may I be born out of the ordi- nary course . Grant these prayers , O thou who art propitious to the ...
... son equal to a patriarch ( amongst men ) . May I be possessed of affluence and beauty ; may I be pleasing in the sight of all ; and may I be born out of the ordi- nary course . Grant these prayers , O thou who art propitious to the ...
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... son of Brahmá.1 whole story of Márisha's birth is nowhere else so fully detailed . The penance of the Prachetasas ... sons of Brahmá ( see Vol . I. , p . 100 , note 2 ) ; and the allegorical nature of his posterity in that character ...
... son of Brahmá.1 whole story of Márisha's birth is nowhere else so fully detailed . The penance of the Prachetasas ... sons of Brahmá ( see Vol . I. , p . 100 , note 2 ) ; and the allegorical nature of his posterity in that character ...
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... son of Brahmá , in one period , the son of the Prachetasas , in another . So Soma , in the Swayambhuva Manwantara , was born as the son of Atri ; in the Chakshusha , he was produced by churning the ocean . The words of our text occur in ...
... son of Brahmá , in one period , the son of the Prachetasas , in another . So Soma , in the Swayambhuva Manwantara , was born as the son of Atri ; in the Chakshusha , he was produced by churning the ocean . The words of our text occur in ...
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... sons , through whom he expected the world should be peopled . Ná- rada , the divine Rishi , observing them desirous to multiply posterity , approached them , and addressed them in a friendly tone : " Illustrious Haryaśwas , it is ...
... sons , through whom he expected the world should be peopled . Ná- rada , the divine Rishi , observing them desirous to multiply posterity , approached them , and addressed them in a friendly tone : " Illustrious Haryaśwas , it is ...
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