The History of India from the Earliest Ages: Hindu Buddhist Brahmanical revivalN. Trübner, 1874 |
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... named , but comprised a vast number of other spiritual existences . Indeed the Vedic people imagined deities to reside in every object , animate • Hymns of the Rig - Veda , translated by Professor H. H. Wilson , passim . 9 This idea of ...
... named , but comprised a vast number of other spiritual existences . Indeed the Vedic people imagined deities to reside in every object , animate • Hymns of the Rig - Veda , translated by Professor H. H. Wilson , passim . 9 This idea of ...
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... named Apsarasas , are ever dancing before him . This Kshatriya idea of Indra corresponds to the Homeric idea of Zeus , enthroned on high amongst the Olympian deities ; and it is curious to note that the gods of the Kshatriyas , like the ...
... named Apsarasas , are ever dancing before him . This Kshatriya idea of Indra corresponds to the Homeric idea of Zeus , enthroned on high amongst the Olympian deities ; and it is curious to note that the gods of the Kshatriyas , like the ...
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... named Avikshita , who had been chosen by many ladies to be their husband . nut is sent in her name to a selected Raja 24 HISTORY OF INDIA . Swayamvara, or "self-choice " of the maiden 24 Traces amongst the Rajpoots 24.
... named Avikshita , who had been chosen by many ladies to be their husband . nut is sent in her name to a selected Raja 24 HISTORY OF INDIA . Swayamvara, or "self-choice " of the maiden 24 Traces amongst the Rajpoots 24.
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... named Yama , who was clothed with the attributes of a judge of the dead and resided in the infernal regions . But these ideas were more or less speculative and visionary ; the creations of the imagination and sentiment , rather than the ...
... named Yama , who was clothed with the attributes of a judge of the dead and resided in the infernal regions . But these ideas were more or less speculative and visionary ; the creations of the imagination and sentiment , rather than the ...
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... named Santanu , dwelt in this fort , Family inci and had a son living with him who had attained to manhood . Like many other old Rajas , he desired CHAPTER I. to marry a certain young damsel ; but RETROSPECT OF VEDIC INDIA . 29 Aryan ...
... named Santanu , dwelt in this fort , Family inci and had a son living with him who had attained to manhood . Like many other old Rajas , he desired CHAPTER I. to marry a certain young damsel ; but RETROSPECT OF VEDIC INDIA . 29 Aryan ...
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