A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... performed in accordance with the Atharva - veda . From this cause , or from their being associated with the descen- dants of Atharvan , they were called distinctively Atharvāngirasas . ANGIRASAS . A class of Pitris ( q.v. ) . ANILA ...
... performed in accordance with the Atharva - veda . From this cause , or from their being associated with the descen- dants of Atharvan , they were called distinctively Atharvāngirasas . ANGIRASAS . A class of Pitris ( q.v. ) . ANILA ...
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... performed the office of the creator Brahmā , and divided himself into two parts , male and female , the former begetting offspring upon the latter . The result was the produc- tion of Vishnu , who created Viraj , who brought the first ...
... performed the office of the creator Brahmā , and divided himself into two parts , male and female , the former begetting offspring upon the latter . The result was the produc- tion of Vishnu , who created Viraj , who brought the first ...
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... performed . He was subsequently called to Dwaraka by Krishna amid the internecine struggles of the Yadavas , and there he performed the funeral ceremonies of Vasudeva and of Krishna . Soon after this he retired from the world to the ...
... performed . He was subsequently called to Dwaraka by Krishna amid the internecine struggles of the Yadavas , and there he performed the funeral ceremonies of Vasudeva and of Krishna . Soon after this he retired from the world to the ...
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... perform- ing penances when he was seen by some celestial nymphs and worshipped by them . He was pleased , and told them to ask a boon . They asked for the best of men as a husband . He came out of the water and offered himself . When ...
... perform- ing penances when he was seen by some celestial nymphs and worshipped by them . He was pleased , and told them to ask a boon . They asked for the best of men as a husband . He came out of the water and offered himself . When ...
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... performed by kings desirous of offspring . The horse was killed with certain ceremonies , and the wives of the king had to pass the night by its carcase . Upon the chief wife fell the duty of going through a revolting formality which ...
... performed by kings desirous of offspring . The horse was killed with certain ceremonies , and the wives of the king had to pass the night by its carcase . Upon the chief wife fell the duty of going through a revolting formality which ...
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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.