The Story of Vedic India as Embodied Principally in the Rig-VedaG. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - 457 pages |
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... the knowledge I get may be the knowledge worth having . " — Matthew Arnold's version . ) NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS LONDON : T. FISHER UNWIN 954 ORAY PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally 1895 The Story of the Nations.
... the knowledge I get may be the knowledge worth having . " — Matthew Arnold's version . ) NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS LONDON : T. FISHER UNWIN 954 ORAY PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally 1895 The Story of the Nations.
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Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin. 954 ORAY PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally planned ,. HARMAND COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHARLES ROCKWELL LANMAN MARCH 15 , 1941 KD55214 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY oor 24 1956 COPYRIGHT ...
Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin. 954 ORAY PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally planned ,. HARMAND COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE ESTATE OF CHARLES ROCKWELL LANMAN MARCH 15 , 1941 KD55214 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY oor 24 1956 COPYRIGHT ...
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Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin. PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally planned , was to have included the post - vedic or Brahmanic period , and to have borne the title of Story of Vedic and Brahmanic India . The overwhelming mass of ...
Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin. PREFACE . THE present volume , as originally planned , was to have included the post - vedic or Brahmanic period , and to have borne the title of Story of Vedic and Brahmanic India . The overwhelming mass of ...
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... Fire - Worshippers . - §§ 13-15 . Retrospect - Results . PRINCIPAL WORKS READ OR CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT VOLUME . INDEX 441-444 445-457 ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE THE CONQUEST OF LANKA , BY THE X CLASSIFIED CONTENTS .
... Fire - Worshippers . - §§ 13-15 . Retrospect - Results . PRINCIPAL WORKS READ OR CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PRESENT VOLUME . INDEX 441-444 445-457 ILLUSTRATIONS . PAGE THE CONQUEST OF LANKA , BY THE X CLASSIFIED CONTENTS .
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... present work with more than the great western penin- sula , -nor , strictly speaking , with the whole of that ; since the beginnings of political and social life and the spiritual development in religion and philosophy , that are to be ...
... present work with more than the great western penin- sula , -nor , strictly speaking , with the whole of that ; since the beginnings of political and social life and the spiritual development in religion and philosophy , that are to be ...
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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...