A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... prince of the Solar race , sometimes said to be the son of Raghu , at others the son of Dilipa , son of Raghu . He was the husband chosen at her swayam - vara by Indumatī , daughter of the Raja of Vidarbha , and was the father of ...
... prince of the Solar race , sometimes said to be the son of Raghu , at others the son of Dilipa , son of Raghu . He was the husband chosen at her swayam - vara by Indumatī , daughter of the Raja of Vidarbha , and was the father of ...
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... prince some arrows which enabled him to excel in the contest at the swayam - vara . When Dasaratha grew up , Aja ascended to Indra's heaven . 6 ĀJAGAVA . The primitive bow ' of Siva , which fell from heaven at the birth of Prithu ...
... prince some arrows which enabled him to excel in the contest at the swayam - vara . When Dasaratha grew up , Aja ascended to Indra's heaven . 6 ĀJAGAVA . The primitive bow ' of Siva , which fell from heaven at the birth of Prithu ...
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... princess named Ushā , daughter of Bāna , fell in love with him , and had him 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 ...
... princess named Ushā , daughter of Bāna , fell in love with him , and had him 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 ...
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... princess . He refused to exchange his youthful vigour for the 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 ...
... princess . He refused to exchange his youthful vigour for the 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 ...
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... ' White . ' The name of the third Pandu prince . All the five brothers were of divine paternity , and Arjuna's father was Indra , hence he is called Aindri . A brave warrior , 22 arms . ARJUNA . high - minded , generous.
... ' White . ' The name of the third Pandu prince . All the five brothers were of divine paternity , and Arjuna's father was Indra , hence he is called Aindri . A brave warrior , 22 arms . ARJUNA . high - minded , generous.
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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.