A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... curse of decrepitude passed upon his father , and in consequence his father cursed him that his posterity should not possess dominion . Notwithstanding this , he had a long series of de- scendants , and among them were Anga , Banga ...
... curse of decrepitude passed upon his father , and in consequence his father cursed him that his posterity should not possess dominion . Notwithstanding this , he had a long series of de- scendants , and among them were Anga , Banga ...
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... curse of the gods . He recovered his male form by repentance and the favour of the Rishi Medhātithi , to whom he gave abundant wealth , and addressed the verses preserved in the Veda . ĀSARA . A Rakshasa or other demon . ASHTĀVAKRA . A ...
... curse of the gods . He recovered his male form by repentance and the favour of the Rishi Medhātithi , to whom he gave abundant wealth , and addressed the verses preserved in the Veda . ĀSARA . A Rakshasa or other demon . ASHTĀVAKRA . A ...
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... curse of Krishna , who restored Parikshit to life . On the next morning he and his comrades fled , but Draupadi clamoured for revenge upon the murderer of her children . Yudhi - shthira represented that Aswatthāman was a Brahman , and ...
... curse of Krishna , who restored Parikshit to life . On the next morning he and his comrades fled , but Draupadi clamoured for revenge upon the murderer of her children . Yudhi - shthira represented that Aswatthāman was a Brahman , and ...
Page 54
... cursed Nahusha , and he was turned into a serpent . Bhrigu , on Nahusha's supplication , limited the duration of his curse . In the Padma Purana it is related that the Rishis , assembled at a sacrifice , disputed as to which deity was ...
... cursed Nahusha , and he was turned into a serpent . Bhrigu , on Nahusha's supplication , limited the duration of his curse . In the Padma Purana it is related that the Rishis , assembled at a sacrifice , disputed as to which deity was ...
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... curse of her son . At length , upon the command of Brahma , she declared Soma to be the father , and he gave the boy the name of Budha . from Buddha . CHAITANYA - CHANDRODAYA . This name is distinct " The rise of the moon of Chaitanya ...
... curse of her son . At length , upon the command of Brahma , she declared Soma to be the father , and he gave the boy the name of Budha . from Buddha . CHAITANYA - CHANDRODAYA . This name is distinct " The rise of the moon of Chaitanya ...
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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.