The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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... less will convince us that we have to do not with a country , but with a continent , and that we can no more speak of the climate , the people , the language of India , in the singular , than of those of Europe - which it very nearly ...
... less will convince us that we have to do not with a country , but with a continent , and that we can no more speak of the climate , the people , the language of India , in the singular , than of those of Europe - which it very nearly ...
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... less sweepingly designated as DEKHAN . ' For general purposes this simple division , though somewhat arbitrary , does excellently well . Even after a careful survey of these proportions , it comes home to us with something of a shock ...
... less sweepingly designated as DEKHAN . ' For general purposes this simple division , though somewhat arbitrary , does excellently well . Even after a careful survey of these proportions , it comes home to us with something of a shock ...
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... less than Hindustân . Thus it is that the same year not infrequently brings both floods and drought , crops and whole villages being swept away in one province , while in another noth- ing has come up at all , with the uniform result ...
... less than Hindustân . Thus it is that the same year not infrequently brings both floods and drought , crops and whole villages being swept away in one province , while in another noth- ing has come up at all , with the uniform result ...
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... less efficient than usual . The main crops had perished in the drought of 1875 , and this disappointment fin- ished the rest . Nor did the summer of 1877 bring relief , for the southwest monsoon failed for the third time , and though ...
... less efficient than usual . The main crops had perished in the drought of 1875 , and this disappointment fin- ished the rest . Nor did the summer of 1877 bring relief , for the southwest monsoon failed for the third time , and though ...
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... less -- than moderate elevation ( averaging from 1500 to 4000 feet , with no peak to surpass or even equal the 5650 feet of MT . ABU at its western end ) , this intricate system of " hills , " with its exuberant growth of for- est and ...
... less -- than moderate elevation ( averaging from 1500 to 4000 feet , with no peak to surpass or even equal the 5650 feet of MT . ABU at its western end ) , this intricate system of " hills , " with its exuberant growth of for- est and ...
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abode Aditi Âdityas Agni ancient Angiras Aryan Âryas Ashvins Asura Avesta beautiful Bergaigne born Brahmanic Brihaspati called caste celestial Chaldea chariot course cows darkness Dasyu Dawn deity Devas divine Dravidian Dyâus earth Eranian father fire forest give gods golden Greek heaven heavenly Hindu Hindustân horses human hymns immortal India Indra Indus king land language later light living Manu Maruts Max Müller means modern mortal mother mountain myth mythical native nature night original Parjanya passages path Penjâb plants poet poetical prayer priestly priests Purânas race religion Rig-Veda Rishi rites rivers root sacred sacrifice Sanskrit Saramâ Savitar Serpent Shûdra Soma spirit Story of Chaldea Story of Media Sudâs Sûrya texts thee things thou tion tree tribes Tritsu Tvashtar Ushas Váruna Vasishtha Veda Vedic verse Vishnu Vishvakarman Vishvâmitra Vivasvat Vritra waters word worship Yama
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Page 338 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 86 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 338 - But with thee will I establish my covenant ; and thou shalt come into the ark ; thou and thy sons, and thy wife* and thy sons wives with thee.
Page 341 - For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Page 178 - Where life is free, in the third heaven of heavens, where the worlds are radiant, there make me immortal...
Page 172 - We have drunk the Soma ; we have become immortal : we have entered into light; we have known the gods. What can an enemy now do to us, or what can the malice of any mortal effect...
Page 414 - Second hymn : 1. \\7ise and mighty are the works of him who stemmed asunder the wide firmaments. He lifted on high the bright and glorious heaven ; he stretched out apart the starry sky and the earth.
Page 242 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart...