A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and LiteratureTrübner & Company, 1870 - 411 pages |
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... probably , differently formed clouds . " - Wilson . AHI - CHHATRA , AHI - KSHETRA . A city mentioned in the Mahā - bhārata as lying north of the Ganges , and as being the capital of Northern Panchala . It is apparently the Adisadra of ...
... probably , differently formed clouds . " - Wilson . AHI - CHHATRA , AHI - KSHETRA . A city mentioned in the Mahā - bhārata as lying north of the Ganges , and as being the capital of Northern Panchala . It is apparently the Adisadra of ...
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... probably the ' Αμβάσται of Ptolemy . 2. The medical tribe in Manu . AMBIKĀ . 1. A sister of Rudra , but in later times identified with Umā . 2. Elder widow of Vichitra - virya and mother of Dhrita - rashtra by Vyasa . See Mahā - bhārata ...
... probably the ' Αμβάσται of Ptolemy . 2. The medical tribe in Manu . AMBIKĀ . 1. A sister of Rudra , but in later times identified with Umā . 2. Elder widow of Vichitra - virya and mother of Dhrita - rashtra by Vyasa . See Mahā - bhārata ...
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... probably the origin of the classic Akesines . A - SIRAS . ' Headless . ' Spirits or beings without heads . Son of Madayanti , the wife of Kalmāsha - pāda ASMAKA . or Saudāsa . See Kalmasha - pāda . ASOKA . A celebrated king of the ...
... probably the origin of the classic Akesines . A - SIRAS . ' Headless . ' Spirits or beings without heads . Son of Madayanti , the wife of Kalmāsha - pāda ASMAKA . or Saudāsa . See Kalmasha - pāda . ASOKA . A celebrated king of the ...
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... Angirasas . ATHARVĀNGIRASAS . This name belongs to the descen- dants of Atharvan and Angiras , or to the Angirasas alone , who are especially connected with the Atharva - veda , and these 32 ATMA - BODHA — AURVA . names are probably.
... Angirasas . ATHARVĀNGIRASAS . This name belongs to the descen- dants of Atharvan and Angiras , or to the Angirasas alone , who are especially connected with the Atharva - veda , and these 32 ATMA - BODHA — AURVA . names are probably.
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John Dowson. 32 ATMA - BODHA — AURVA . names are probably given to the hymns of that Veda to confer on them greater authority and holiness . ĀTMA - BODHA . ' Knowledge of the soul . ' A short work attributed to Sankarāchārya . It has ...
John Dowson. 32 ATMA - BODHA — AURVA . names are probably given to the hymns of that Veda to confer on them greater authority and holiness . ĀTMA - BODHA . ' Knowledge of the soul . ' A short work attributed to Sankarāchārya . It has ...
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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.