A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... daughter of the Raja of Virāta . His son , Parikshit , succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura . ABHIRA , ĀBHIRA . A cowherd ; according to Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the Ambashtha or medical tribe . A people located ...
... daughter of the Raja of Virāta . His son , Parikshit , succeeded to the throne of Hastinapura . ABHIRA , ĀBHIRA . A cowherd ; according to Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the Ambashtha or medical tribe . A people located ...
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... daughter of Daksha . On this statement Yāska remarks in the Nirukta : - " How can this be possible ? They may have had the same origin ; or , according to the nature of the gods , they may have been born from each other , have derived ...
... daughter of Daksha . On this statement Yāska remarks in the Nirukta : - " How can this be possible ? They may have had the same origin ; or , according to the nature of the gods , they may have been born from each other , have derived ...
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... daughter of the king , and was demanded in marriage by Agastya . Much against his will the king was constrained to consent , and she became the wife of the sage . She was named Lopa - mudra , because the animals had been subjected to ...
... daughter of the king , and was demanded in marriage by Agastya . Much against his will the king was constrained to consent , and she became the wife of the sage . She was named Lopa - mudra , because the animals had been subjected to ...
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... daughter of Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rūpā , whom he gave to the patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKĀ . The capital of Kuvera and ...
... daughter of Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rūpā , whom he gave to the patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKĀ . The capital of Kuvera and ...
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... daughter of Kardama ; and Swadha ' oblation , ' and Satī , ' truth , ' two other daughters of Daksha . His daughters were the Richas or Vaidik hymns , and his sons were the Manes called Havishmats . But he had other sons and daughters ...
... daughter of Kardama ; and Swadha ' oblation , ' and Satī , ' truth , ' two other daughters of Daksha . His daughters were the Richas or Vaidik hymns , and his sons were the Manes called Havishmats . But he had other sons and daughters ...
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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.