The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda: Translation, with notesMartin Haug Government Central Book Depot, 1863 |
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abhi Adhvaryu Aditya Agni Agnihotram Agnihotri agnir Agnishtoma Ahavaniya fire Ajya animal Anushṭubh As'v As'val As'vins Asuras Atharvaveda becomes belongs Brahma Brihaspati Brihat called cattle celestial world ceremony chant characteristic commences conquered consists contains the term deities Devas drink earth enemy firm footing formula Gayatri gods graha half verse Havirdhanas heaven Hotar repeats Hotri-priests hymn Indra Iotar Ishti Jagati king Soma Kshattra Kshattriya mantra Marutas Marutvatiya means melted butter metre midday libation milk morning libation Nivid oblation obtains offering pada Paryaya penance performed Pra-uga Shastra Pragatha Prajapati priests Prishtha proper Purohita Rathantaram recital repeats a triplet Rigveda Rishi rites sacrificed Sâma Sâman Sattra Savitar Shalaha Shastra Sholas'i Soma Soma juice Soma sacrifice speech Stoma Stotra Stotriya sunrise syllables thee Thence thou Trishṭubh Ukthya Upasads Varuna Vayu Vedi verse addressed Vishnu vital airs Vritra words Yâjyâ Yupa
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Page 64 - The gods killed a man for their victim. But from him thus killed, the part which was fit for a sacrifice went out and entered a horse. Thence the horse became an animal fit for being sacrificed.
Page 380 - H äug gab die hier in Frage kommende Stelle so wieder10: "By the words, 'Be a blessing to our heart thou who art drunk! prolong our life, 0 Soma, that we may live long!' he then cleans his mouth; for if the juice (remaining on his lips) is not wiped off, then Soma, thinking, 'an unworthy drinks me,' is able to destroy the life of a man.
Page 348 - The husband enters the wife (in the shape of seed), and when the seed is changed to an embryo, he makes her mother, from whom after having become regenerated, in her, he is born in the tenth month. 7. His wife is only then a real wife (jaya from jan to be born) when he is born in her again.
Page 166 - The sun does never set nor rise. When people think the sun is setting (it is not so). For after having arrived at the end of the day it makes itself produce two opposite effects, making night to what is below and day to what is on the other side.
Page 352 - "The fortune of a man who sits, sits also; it rises when he rises; it sleeps when he sleeps; it moves well when he moves. Travel!
Page 420 - By washing his (the Purohita's) right foot I introduce wealth obtained by sharpness of senses into the kingdom ; by washing his left foot, I make that sharpness of senses increase. I wash, O gods ! the first (right) and second (left) foot for protecting my empire and obtaining safety for it. May the waters which served for washing the feet (of the Purohita) destroy my enemy!
Page 234 - The five classes of beings (gods, men, &c.) then did not keep peace with one another. (Thereupon) the gods brought about a reconciliation of both these worlds. Both contracted with one another a marriage, according to the rites observed by the gods.
Page 212 - The cows being desirous of obtaining hoofs and horns held (once) a sacrificial session. In the tenth month (of their sacrifice) they obtained hoofs and horns. They said we have obtained fulfilment of that wish for which we underwent the initiation into the sacrificial rites. Let us rise (the sacrifice being finished).
Page 360 - Kshattra then ran after this Brahma, and said to it, " Allow me to take possession of this sacrifice (which is placed in thee)." The Brahma said, " Well, let it be so ; lay down thy own weapons, assume by means of the implements of...
Page 76 - Soma sacrifice, (saying) How should the son of a slave-girl, a gamester, who is no Brahman, remain among us and become initiated (into all sacrificial rites) ? They turned him out (of the place) into a desert, saying, that he should die by thirst, and not drink the water of the Sarasvati.