The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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... Mother of Cows . " - 34. Ushas , the dispenser of wealth . - §§ 35-38 . The Ashvins , the Twilight Twins . - § 39. Pûshan . PAGE VII . THE RIG - VEDA : LATER AND LESSER GODS.- ་ ་ STORY - MYTHS · 237-273 § 1. Drawbacks and advantages of ...
... Mother of Cows . " - 34. Ushas , the dispenser of wealth . - §§ 35-38 . The Ashvins , the Twilight Twins . - § 39. Pûshan . PAGE VII . THE RIG - VEDA : LATER AND LESSER GODS.- ་ ་ STORY - MYTHS · 237-273 § 1. Drawbacks and advantages of ...
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... mother - limb . The central trunk repeats the branching out process at a greater height , and the second circle of limbs in its turn sends down a number of air - roots which form an outer circle of props or pillars . As the central ...
... mother - limb . The central trunk repeats the branching out process at a greater height , and the second circle of limbs in its turn sends down a number of air - roots which form an outer circle of props or pillars . As the central ...
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... mother trunk . They did not break with any of their ancestral traditions , but , on the contrary , faithfully treasured them , and only in the course of time and further migrations , developed from them , not an opposition , but a ...
... mother trunk . They did not break with any of their ancestral traditions , but , on the contrary , faithfully treasured them , and only in the course of time and further migrations , developed from them , not an opposition , but a ...
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... mother trunk , never to return and never again to meet , save in ages to come , mostly as enemies , with no remotest mem- ory of a long severed tie , of a common origin . 8. As tradition itself does not begin its doubtful records till ...
... mother trunk , never to return and never again to meet , save in ages to come , mostly as enemies , with no remotest mem- ory of a long severed tie , of a common origin . 8. As tradition itself does not begin its doubtful records till ...
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... mother tongue , to which all languages could be traced . This theory was not by far as absurd as that which had been set up some time previously by certain religious zealots who , from an exaggerated regard , untutored by science , for ...
... mother tongue , to which all languages could be traced . This theory was not by far as absurd as that which had been set up some time previously by certain religious zealots who , from an exaggerated regard , untutored by science , for ...
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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...