A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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Page 50
... , he was pursued by Arjuna and Bhima . The latter overtook him , dragged him by the hair from his chariot to the ground , and kicked him till he became sense- BHĪMA . 51 less . At Arjuna's remonstrance Bhima refrained.
... , he was pursued by Arjuna and Bhima . The latter overtook him , dragged him by the hair from his chariot to the ground , and kicked him till he became sense- BHĪMA . 51 less . At Arjuna's remonstrance Bhima refrained.
Page 51
... Bhīma pursued Su - sarman and overcame him , rescued the prisoner , and made the conqueror captive . In the great battle between the Kauravas and Panda- vas , Bhima took a very prominent part . On the first day he fought against Bhishma ...
... Bhīma pursued Su - sarman and overcame him , rescued the prisoner , and made the conqueror captive . In the great battle between the Kauravas and Panda- vas , Bhima took a very prominent part . On the first day he fought against Bhishma ...
Page 52
... Bhīma is natural and distinct . A man of burly form , prodigious strength , and great animal courage , with coarse tastes , a gluttonous appetite , and an irascible temper ; jovial and jocular when in good humour , but abusive ...
... Bhīma is natural and distinct . A man of burly form , prodigious strength , and great animal courage , with coarse tastes , a gluttonous appetite , and an irascible temper ; jovial and jocular when in good humour , but abusive ...
Page 53
... BHĪMA SANKARA , BHĪMESWARA . Name of one of the twelve great Lingas . See Linga . BHIMA - SENA . A name of Bhima . BHISHMA . The terrible . ' Son of King Santanu by the holy river goddess Ganga , and hence called Santanava , Gangeya ...
... BHĪMA SANKARA , BHĪMESWARA . Name of one of the twelve great Lingas . See Linga . BHIMA - SENA . A name of Bhima . BHISHMA . The terrible . ' Son of King Santanu by the holy river goddess Ganga , and hence called Santanava , Gangeya ...
Page 95
... Bhīma was in a rage of passion ; he was prevented from action ; but he vowed in loud words that he would drink the blood of Duh - sasana and smash the thigh of Dur - yodhana in retaliation of these outrages , which vows he eventually ...
... Bhīma was in a rage of passion ; he was prevented from action ; but he vowed in loud words that he would drink the blood of Duh - sasana and smash the thigh of Dur - yodhana in retaliation of these outrages , which vows he eventually ...
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According Aditi Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatāra Bala-rāma became Bhāgavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana Durgā earth father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Karna Kāsī Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Mahā-bhārata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Prajapati priest princes Purāna Rāja Rakshasas Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Vishnu Purāna Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yajnawalkya Yama Yudhi-shthira
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Page 142 - Willst du was reizt und entziickt, willst du was sattigt und nahrt, Willst du den Himmel, die Erde, mit Einem Namen begreifen; Nenn' ich, Sakontala, Dich, und so ist Alles gesagt.
Page x - Nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems of India from the most ancient literature of Greece more clearly felt than when we compare the growing myths of the Veda with the full-grown and decayed myths on which the poetry of Homer is founded. The Veda is the real Theogony of the Aryan races, while that of Hesiod is a distorted caricature of the original image.
Page 350 - Eakshasa are objects of horror whom the gods ward off and destroy ; the divinities of the Atharva are regarded rather with a kind of cringing fear, as powers whose wrath is to be deprecated and whose favour curried...
Page 107 - He is represented as a short fat man of a yellow colour, with a protuberant belly, four hands, and the head of an elephant, which has only one tusk. In...
Page 146 - Desire first arose in It, which was the primal germ of mind ; [and which] sages, searching with their intellect, have discovered in their heart to be the bond which connects entity with non-entity.