A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... Durgā . 2. The eldest laughter of a king of Kāsī . She and her sisters Ambikā and Ambalika were carried off by Bhishma to be the wives of Vichitra- virya . Ambā had been previously betrothed to a Raja of Salwa , and Bhishma sent her to ...
... Durgā . 2. The eldest laughter of a king of Kāsī . She and her sisters Ambikā and Ambalika were carried off by Bhishma to be the wives of Vichitra- virya . Ambā had been previously betrothed to a Raja of Salwa , and Bhishma sent her to ...
Page 17
... Durgā , worshipped for her power of giving food Cf. the Roman Anna Perenna . ANSUMAT , ANSUMAN . Son of Asamanjas and grandson of Sagara . He brought back to earth the horse which had been carried off from Sagara's Aswa - medha ...
... Durgā , worshipped for her power of giving food Cf. the Roman Anna Perenna . ANSUMAT , ANSUMAN . Son of Asamanjas and grandson of Sagara . He brought back to earth the horse which had been carried off from Sagara's Aswa - medha ...
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... Durgā . BHADRASWA . 1. A region lying to the east of Meru . 2 . A celebrated horse , son of Uchchaih - sravas . BHAGA . A deity mentioned in the Vedas , but of very indistinct personality and powers . He is supposed to bestow wealth and ...
... Durgā . BHADRASWA . 1. A region lying to the east of Meru . 2 . A celebrated horse , son of Uchchaih - sravas . BHAGA . A deity mentioned in the Vedas , but of very indistinct personality and powers . He is supposed to bestow wealth and ...
Page 65
... its designation . CHAMUNDĀ . An emanation of the goddess Durgā , sent forth from her forehead to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda . She is thus described in the Markandeya Purāna : - E - 66 CHANAKYA - CHANDRA - GUPTA . " From the.
... its designation . CHAMUNDĀ . An emanation of the goddess Durgā , sent forth from her forehead to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda . She is thus described in the Markandeya Purāna : - E - 66 CHANAKYA - CHANDRA - GUPTA . " From the.
Page 66
... ( Durgā ) , contracted with wrath- ful frowns , sprang swiftly forth a goddess of black and formid- able aspect , armed with a scimitar and noose , bearing a ponde- rous mace , decorated with a garland of dead corses , robed in the hide ...
... ( Durgā ) , contracted with wrath- ful frowns , sprang swiftly forth a goddess of black and formid- able aspect , armed with a scimitar and noose , bearing a ponde- rous mace , decorated with a garland of dead corses , robed in the hide ...
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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.