 | Edward Byles Cowell, William Frederick Webster - 1854 - 388 pages
...followed by Southey; but the main object of the ceremony,—the deposal of INDRA from the throne ofSwarga, and the elevation of the sacrificer, after a hundred...celebrations, to that rank, are fictions of a later date, uucounteuanced by the Veda : eveji the doctrine of the Brdhmanas, that the Asivamedha is to be celebrated... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1856 - 526 pages
...of the ceremony, the deposal of Indra from the throne of Swarga and the elevation of the Sacrificcr after a hundred celebrations to that rank, are fictions of a later date, unconntenanccd by the Veda."t The worship of Light, with which this ceremony was first connected, began... | |
 | Rev. James Gardner - 1858 - 1006 pages
...of the ceremony, the deposal of Indra from the throne of Stvarga and the elevation of the Sacriticer after a hundred celebrations to that rank, are fictions of a later date, uncountenanced by the Veda.' " The horse sacrifice at this day is one of the great annual ceremonies... | |
 | M. Oldfield Howey - 1923 - 264 pages
...he followed, " but the main object of the ceremony, the deposal .of Indra from the throne of Swarga, and the elevation of the sacrificer after a hundred...celebrations, to that rank, are fictions of a later date uncountenanced by the Veda." The importance attached to the Aswamedha may be gauged by the following... | |
 | 1925 - 396 pages
...Southey ; but the main object of the ceremony, — the deposal of INDRA from the throne of Swarga, and the elevation of the sacrificer, after a hundred...celebrations, to that rank, are fictions of a later date, uncountenanced by the Veda : even the doctrine of the Brahmanas, that the Ashwamedha is to be celebrated... | |
 | Sanujit Ghose - 2004 - 286 pages
...fertility are spoken over her and the dead horse.2 Wilson says: Even the doctrine of the Brahmanas, that the Aswamedha is to be celebrated by a monarch...than the means of obtaining a son by the childless Dasaratha.3 Yet again at another place, Wilson observes that: [...] As is detailed in the Yajur Veda... | |
 | M. Oldfield Howey - 1923 - 262 pages
...he followed, " but the main object of the ceremony, the deposal of Indra from the throne of Swarga, and the elevation of the sacrificer after a hundred...celebrations, to that rank, are fictions of a later date uncountenanced by the Veda." The importance attached to the Aswamedha may be gauged by the following... | |
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Aswamedha is to be celebrated by a monarch desirous of universal dominion, is not supported by these Hymns, any more than it is in the Ramayana, where it is nothing more than the means of obtaining a son by the childless DASARATHA... 