A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... birth were no longer remem- bered and understood . The priestly order had advanced in power , and had taken a more prominent and important position , but the Kshatriya or second class held a high place , and asserted something like an ...
... birth were no longer remem- bered and understood . The priestly order had advanced in power , and had taken a more prominent and important position , but the Kshatriya or second class held a high place , and asserted something like an ...
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... birth or manifestation of Aditi . See Max Müller's Rig Veda , i . 230 ; Muir's Texts , iv . 11 , v . 35 . ADITYA . In the early Vedic times the Adityas were six , or more frequently seven , celestial deities , of whom Varuna was chief ...
... birth or manifestation of Aditi . See Max Müller's Rig Veda , i . 230 ; Muir's Texts , iv . 11 , v . 35 . ADITYA . In the early Vedic times the Adityas were six , or more frequently seven , celestial deities , of whom Varuna was chief ...
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... not more than a span in length , he was called Māna . Though he is thus associated in his birth with Vasishtha , he is evidently later in date , and he is not one of the Prajapatis . His name . AGASTYA . 5 Agastya , is derived by a forced.
... not more than a span in length , he was called Māna . Though he is thus associated in his birth with Vasishtha , he is evidently later in date , and he is not one of the Prajapatis . His name . AGASTYA . 5 Agastya , is derived by a forced.
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... birth of Prithu . AJĀMILA . A Brahman of Kanauj , who married a slave and had children , of whom he was very fond . I. A AJATA - SATRU . ' One whose enemy is unborn . ' king of Kāsī , mentioned in the Upanishads , who was very learned ...
... birth of Prithu . AJĀMILA . A Brahman of Kanauj , who married a slave and had children , of whom he was very fond . I. A AJATA - SATRU . ' One whose enemy is unborn . ' king of Kāsī , mentioned in the Upanishads , who was very learned ...
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... birth . Then she ascended the pile and was born again as Sik- handin , who slew Bhishma . AMBĀLIKĀ . The younger widow of Vichitra - vīrya and mother of Pandu by Vyasa . See Maha - bharata . AMBARISHA . 1. A king of Ayodhya , twenty ...
... birth . Then she ascended the pile and was born again as Sik- handin , who slew Bhishma . AMBĀLIKĀ . The younger widow of Vichitra - vīrya and mother of Pandu by Vyasa . See Maha - bharata . AMBARISHA . 1. A king of Ayodhya , twenty ...
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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.