A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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Page vii
... desired , an attempt will be made to supply the want by a series of plates containing a selection of subjects from the stores of our museums and from other sources . It is unnecessary to specify all the works that have been used in the ...
... desired , an attempt will be made to supply the want by a series of plates containing a selection of subjects from the stores of our museums and from other sources . It is unnecessary to specify all the works that have been used in the ...
Page x
... , or whose favours they desired for bodily comfort . They lauded also in glowing language the personifica- tions of those beauties of nature which filled their minds with INTRODUCTION . xi delight and kindled the poetic fire .
... , or whose favours they desired for bodily comfort . They lauded also in glowing language the personifica- tions of those beauties of nature which filled their minds with INTRODUCTION . xi delight and kindled the poetic fire .
Page 12
... desired vengeance in another 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 ...
... desired vengeance in another 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 ...
Page 36
... desired objects . These were ( 1. ) Amrita , the water of life ; ( 2. ) Dhanwantari , the physician of the gods and bearer of the cup of Amrita ; ( 3. ) Lakshmi , goddess of fortune and beauty , and consort of Vishnu ; ( 4. ) Sura ...
... desired objects . These were ( 1. ) Amrita , the water of life ; ( 2. ) Dhanwantari , the physician of the gods and bearer of the cup of Amrita ; ( 3. ) Lakshmi , goddess of fortune and beauty , and consort of Vishnu ; ( 4. ) Sura ...
Page 53
... desired to marry a young and beautiful wife . His son Santanava or Bhishma found a suitable damsel , but her parents objected to the marriage because Bhishma was heir to the throne , and if she bore sons they could not succeed . To ...
... desired to marry a young and beautiful wife . His son Santanava or Bhishma found a suitable damsel , but her parents objected to the marriage because Bhishma was heir to the throne , and if she bore sons they could not succeed . To ...
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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.