A History of Civilization in Ancient India: Vedic and epic agesThacker, Spink and Company, 1889 - 1189 pages |
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... tion of the Rig Veda Sanhitâ before my countrymen , I felt more than ever impelled to re - arrange the histori- cal materials furnished by our ancient literature in a permanent form . In pursuance of this object , I pub- lished some ...
... tion of the Rig Veda Sanhitâ before my countrymen , I felt more than ever impelled to re - arrange the histori- cal materials furnished by our ancient literature in a permanent form . In pursuance of this object , I pub- lished some ...
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... tion to me to have given the reader the history of every controversy , the account of every antiquarian discovery , and the pros and cons of every opinion advanced . But I could not yield to this temptation without increasing the work ...
... tion to me to have given the reader the history of every controversy , the account of every antiquarian discovery , and the pros and cons of every opinion advanced . But I could not yield to this temptation without increasing the work ...
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... tion . There were no temples and no idols ; each patri- arch of a family lighted the sacrificial fire in his own . hearth , and offered milk and rice offerings , or animals , or libations of the Soma juice to the fire , and invoked the ...
... tion . There were no temples and no idols ; each patri- arch of a family lighted the sacrificial fire in his own . hearth , and offered milk and rice offerings , or animals , or libations of the Soma juice to the fire , and invoked the ...
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... threw around them . And as subjection means demoraliza- tion , the people in Hindu kingdoms never afterwards became what the people in ancient and modern Europe have striven to be . And lastly , the aborigines SECOND EPOCH . II.
... threw around them . And as subjection means demoraliza- tion , the people in Hindu kingdoms never afterwards became what the people in ancient and modern Europe have striven to be . And lastly , the aborigines SECOND EPOCH . II.
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... goes against the genuineness of the astronomical obser- vation . We are inclined to believe that the observa- tion marks approximately the true date of the final compilation of the Vedas ; and as the work of 14 INTRODUCTION .
... goes against the genuineness of the astronomical obser- vation . We are inclined to believe that the observa- tion marks approximately the true date of the final compilation of the Vedas ; and as the work of 14 INTRODUCTION .
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aborigines Agni Aitareya allusions ancient Hindus Arjuna Aryan nations Asoka Atharva Veda Black Yajur Veda Brâh Brâhmana Buddhist caste caste-system cattle century B. C. ceremony chapter chariots composed conquered cows dawn deity Dhritarâshtra earth Epic Age Epic Period Epoch Europe father fire Ganges gods Gritsamada Hindu civilization horse Indra Indus Janaka Jumna king kingdoms Kosalas Kshatriyas later learning legends lived Magadha Mahâbhârata mandala Max Müller modern Northern India Panchâlas Pândavas passage Paurânik priestly priests Professor Max Müller Punjab Purâna Pûshan race Râma Râmâyana reader religion religious Rig Veda Rishis rites rivers Rudra sacrifices Saka Sâma Veda Sanhitâ Sanscrit literature Satapatha Brâhmana scholars shew Sîtâ Soma story Sudâs Sûdras Sûtra thee thou tion translation tribes Upanishads Vaisyas Varuna Vasishtha Vedic Age verses Videhas Vikramâditya Vishnu Visvâmitra Vritra warriors wealth White Yajur Veda worship Yâjnavalkya Yajur Veda Yama Yudhisthira
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Page 74 - These fertile plains, that softened vale, Were once the birthright of the Gael ; The stranger came with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land. Where dwell we now ? See rudely swell Crag over crag, and fell o'er fell. Ask we this savage hill we tread, For...
Page ii - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 124 - Aditi, an ancient god or goddess, is in reality the earliest name invented to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky.
Page 293 - When to a man who understands, the Self has become all things, what sorrow, what trouble can there be to him who once beheld that unity ? 8.
Page 291 - I am this or that river, in the same manner, my son, all these creatures, when they have come back from the True, know not that they have come back from the True. Whatever these creatures are here, whether a lion, or a wolf, or a boar, or a worm, or a midge, or a gnat, or a mosquito, that they become again and again.
Page 291 - Place this salt in water, and then wait on me in the morning.' The son did as he was commanded. The father said to him : ' Bring me the salt, which you placed in the water last night.
Page 243 - He said to him : Of what family are you, my friend ? He replied : I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother and she answered " In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Jabala by name, thou art Satyakama.
Page 116 - Language," and he explains that ' the surprise with which many a thoughtful observer has looked at these seven bright stars, wondering why they were ever called the Bear, is removed by reference to the early annals of human speech.
Page 120 - Miiller maintains that the story of the siege of Troy is a development of this simple Vedic myth, and is " but a repetition of the daily siege of the East by the Solar powers that every evening are robbed of their brightest treasures in the west.