The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... the translator ; and , for its epithet , " excellent " , all the MSS . I have seen give jective in the singular number , and belonging to Kandu . : , an ad- where , Maitreya , ' with his whole mind , BOOK I. , CHAP . XV . 5.
... the translator ; and , for its epithet , " excellent " , all the MSS . I have seen give jective in the singular number , and belonging to Kandu . : , an ad- where , Maitreya , ' with his whole mind , BOOK I. , CHAP . XV . 5.
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... whole mind , he devoted him- self to the adoration of Hari ; standing fixed , with up- lifted arms , and repeating the prayers that comprehend the essence of divine truth . " 2 1 There is some confusion , here , in regard to the person ...
... whole mind , he devoted him- self to the adoration of Hari ; standing fixed , with up- lifted arms , and repeating the prayers that comprehend the essence of divine truth . " 2 1 There is some confusion , here , in regard to the person ...
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... whole story of Márisha's birth is nowhere else so fully detailed . The penance of the Prachetasas , and its consequences , are related in the Agni , Bhagavata , Matsya , Padma , Váyu , and Brahma Puránas ; and allusion is briefly made ...
... whole story of Márisha's birth is nowhere else so fully detailed . The penance of the Prachetasas , and its consequences , are related in the Agni , Bhagavata , Matsya , Padma , Váyu , and Brahma Puránas ; and allusion is briefly made ...
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... whole of the chapter here referred to , is thus rendered by Burnouf : " Çuka dit : Le puissant Pradjâpati , dont la Mâyâ de Vichnu augmentait les forces , eut de sa femme , fille de Pantchadjana , dix mille fils , nommés les Haryaçvas ...
... whole of the chapter here referred to , is thus rendered by Burnouf : " Çuka dit : Le puissant Pradjâpati , dont la Mâyâ de Vichnu augmentait les forces , eut de sa femme , fille de Pantchadjana , dix mille fils , nommés les Haryaçvas ...
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... whole world , without being devoted to it , was the wife of Prabhása , the eighth of the Vasus , and bore to him the patriarch Viswakarman , the author of a thousand arts , the mechanist of the gods , the fabricator of all ornaments ...
... whole world , without being devoted to it , was the wife of Prabhása , the eighth of the Vasus , and bore to him the patriarch Viswakarman , the author of a thousand arts , the mechanist of the gods , the fabricator of all ornaments ...
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