A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... brought from their earlier homes to the West , but others were composed after they had reached the land of their adoption . These ancient hymns cover a long period , the length and the era of which can only be conjectured , but fifteen ...
... brought from their earlier homes to the West , but others were composed after they had reached the land of their adoption . These ancient hymns cover a long period , the length and the era of which can only be conjectured , but fifteen ...
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... brought back and restored to her by Krishna . Devaki , the mother of Krishna , is represented as being a new birth or manifestation of Aditi . See Max Müller's Rig Veda , i . 230 ; Muir's Texts , iv . 11 , v . 35 . ADITYA . In the early ...
... brought back and restored to her by Krishna . Devaki , the mother of Krishna , is represented as being a new birth or manifestation of Aditi . See Max Müller's Rig Veda , i . 230 ; Muir's Texts , iv . 11 , v . 35 . ADITYA . In the early ...
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... brought by magic influence to her apartments in her father's city of Sonita - pura . Bāna sent some guards to seize him , but the valiant youth , taking an iron club , slew his assailants . Bāna then brought his magic powers to bear and ...
... brought by magic influence to her apartments in her father's city of Sonita - pura . Bāna sent some guards to seize him , but the valiant youth , taking an iron club , slew his assailants . Bāna then brought his magic powers to bear and ...
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... brought the first man into the world . According to the Mahā - bhārata , Āpava is a name of the Prajapati Vasishtha . The name of Āpava is of late intro- duction and has been vaguely used . Wilson says : " According to the commentator ...
... brought the first man into the world . According to the Mahā - bhārata , Āpava is a name of the Prajapati Vasishtha . The name of Āpava is of late intro- duction and has been vaguely used . Wilson says : " According to the commentator ...
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... brought to her . Bhima , Arjuna , and Krishna then went in pursuit of him . Arjuna and Krishna overtook him , and compelled him to give up the jewel . They carried it to Draupadi , and she gave it to Yudhi - shthira , who afterwards ...
... brought to her . Bhima , Arjuna , and Krishna then went in pursuit of him . Arjuna and Krishna overtook him , and compelled him to give up the jewel . They carried it to Draupadi , and she gave it to Yudhi - shthira , who afterwards ...
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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.