“The” Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda: Containing the Earliest Speculations of the Brahmans on the Meaning of the Sacrificial Prayers, and on the Origin, Performance, and Sense of the Rites of the Vedic Religion, Volume 2Martin Haug Government Central Book Depot, 1863 |
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abhi Achhâvâka Adhvaryu Aditya Agni Agnihotram agnir Agnishtoma Ahavanîya fire animal Anushṭubh Anuvâkyâ As'v As'val As'vina Asuras Atharvaveda Atirâtra belongs Brahma Brihaspati Brihat called cattle celestial world ceremony chant characteristic commences consists contains the term deities Devas Dhâyyâ drink earth formula Gâyatrî gods graha half verse heaven Hotar repeats Hotri-priests hymn Indra Ishti Jagatî Jâtavedâs king Soma knowledge kratu Kshattra Kshattriya Maitrâvaruna mantra Marutas Marutvatîya means melted butter metre midday libation morning libation Nishkevalya Shastra Nivid oblation obtained offering pada Pavamâna performed Pra-uga Shastra Pragâtha Prajapati Pravargya priests Prishtha proper Purodâs'a Rathantaram recited Rigveda Rishi sacred sacrificed Sâma singers Sâman Samhitâ Sattra Savitar Sây Shalaha Shastra Soma Soma juice Soma sacrifice speech Stoma Stotra Stotriya syllables Thence thou triplet Trishṭubh metre Ukthya Upasads Vâch Vapâ Varuna Vashatkâra Vâyu Vedi verse addressed Vishnu Vishuvan vital airs Vritra words Yâjyâ Yâjyâ verse Yûpa
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Page 524 - Purohita, is here treated as * for sacrificing, conveys him to the heaven-worlds and (grants him) royal dignity, bravery, a kingdom, and subjects over whom he might rule. But should the king not do so, he will be deprived of all these gifts. 25. (Agni protects the King who appoints a house-priest.) This Agni Vais'vanara, who is the Purohita, is possessed of five destructive powers. With them he surrounds the king (for his defence), just as the sea surrounds the earth. The empire of such a ruler (dry...
Page 486 - 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 82 - ... and if to several deities, then he should use the plural " to the masters of the offering." This is the established custom. Bring ye for him fire ! For the animal when carried (to the slaughter) saw death before it. Not wishing to go to the gods, the gods said to it : Come, we will bring thee to heaven ! The animal consented and said : One of you should walk before me. They consented. Agni then walked before it, and it followed after Agni. Thence they say, every animal belong* to Agni, for it...
Page 516 - The Soma beverage which is (in a mystical way) contained in the spirituous liquor, is thus drunk by the king, who is inaugurated by means of Indra's geat inauguration ceremony (the ceremony just described), and not the spirituous liquor.
Page 456 - Harischandra to pray to Varuna for a son, promising at the same time to sacrifice him as soon as he was born. The king did so. " Then a son, Rohita by name, was born to him. Varuna said to him, 'A son is born to thee, sacrifice him to me.' Harischandra said, 'An animal is fit for being sacrificed, when it is more than ten days old. Let him reach this age, then I will sacrifice him to thee.
Page 213 - The arrow (by which the phantom of Prajapati's sin was pierced) which had three parts (shaft, steel, and point) became such an arrow (in the sky). The sperm which had been poured forth from Prajapati, flew down on the earth and became a lake. The gods said, " May this sperm of Prajapati not be spoilt (ma dushat)." This became the madusham. This name mndusha is the same as manusha, ie man. For the word manusha, ie man, means " one who should not be spoiled
Page 195 - Rishis deliberated : how might the king Soma (be induced) to come to us ? They said, " Ye metres must bring back to us this king Soma." They consented. They transformed themselves into birds. That they transformed themselves into birds (suparna), and flew up, is called by the knowers of stories sauparnnm (ie this very story is called so).
Page 26 - The gods bought the king Soma in the eastern direction. Thence he is (generally) bought in the eastern direction. They bought him from the thirteenth month. Thence the thirteenth month is found unfit (for any religious work to be done in it) ; a seller of the Soma is (likewise) found unfit (for intercourse). For such a man is a defaulter.
Page 236 - 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 454 - Narada thus addressed in one stanza, replied in (the following) ten : 1. The father pays a debt in his son, and gains immortality, when he beholds the face of a son living who was born to him. 2. The pleasure which a father has in his son, exceeds the enjoyment of all other beings, be they on the earth, or in the fire, or in the water. 3. Fathers always overcome great difficulties through a son. (In him) the Self is born out of Self. The son is like a well-provisioned boat, which carries him over....