A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... Rakshasas sprang . He was one of the narrators of the Brahma Purana and also a writer on medicine . The Maha ... Rākshasa named Vātāpi who assumed the form of a ram , and as destroying by a flash of his eye the 6 AGHĀSURA — AGNI ...
... Rakshasas sprang . He was one of the narrators of the Brahma Purana and also a writer on medicine . The Maha ... Rākshasa named Vātāpi who assumed the form of a ram , and as destroying by a flash of his eye the 6 AGHĀSURA — AGNI ...
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John Dowson. 6 AGHĀSURA — AGNI . Rakshasa's brother , Ilvala , who attempted to avenge him . ( See Vātāpi . ) Rāma in his exile wandered to the hermitage of Agastya with Sītā and Lakshmana . The sage received him with the greatest ...
John Dowson. 6 AGHĀSURA — AGNI . Rakshasa's brother , Ilvala , who attempted to avenge him . ( See Vātāpi . ) Rāma in his exile wandered to the hermitage of Agastya with Sītā and Lakshmana . The sage received him with the greatest ...
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... Rakshas enemies of the gods . Agni himself is also a Kravyād , and as such he takes an entirely different character . He is represented under a form as hideous as the beings he is invoked to devour . He sharpens his two iron tusks ...
... Rakshas enemies of the gods . Agni himself is also a Kravyād , and as such he takes an entirely different character . He is represented under a form as hideous as the beings he is invoked to devour . He sharpens his two iron tusks ...
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... Rakshasa worsted by Satyaki in the great war of the Maha - bharata , and finally killed by Ghatot- kacha . He is said to be a son of Rishyasringa . ALAYUDHA . A Rakshasa killed after a fierce combat by Ghatotkacha in the war of the Mahā ...
... Rakshasa worsted by Satyaki in the great war of the Maha - bharata , and finally killed by Ghatot- kacha . He is said to be a son of Rishyasringa . ALAYUDHA . A Rakshasa killed after a fierce combat by Ghatotkacha in the war of the Mahā ...
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... Rakshasa or other demon . ANUVINDA . A king of Ujjayini . See Vinda . APARANTA . ' On the western border . ' A country which is named in the Vishnu Purana in association with countries in the north ; and the Vayu Purana reads the name ...
... Rakshasa or other demon . ANUVINDA . A king of Ujjayini . See Vinda . APARANTA . ' On the western border . ' A country which is named in the Vishnu Purana in association with countries in the north ; and the Vayu Purana reads the name ...
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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.