The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 3Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1868 |
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Page 143
... compiled twenty - four Samhitás ( or com- pendia ) , for the use of the eastern Brahmans who study the Sáma - veda . The son of Krita was Ugráyudha , by whose prowess § the Nípa race of Kshattriyas was destroyed . His son was Kshemya ...
... compiled twenty - four Samhitás ( or com- pendia ) , for the use of the eastern Brahmans who study the Sáma - veda . The son of Krita was Ugráyudha , by whose prowess § the Nípa race of Kshattriyas was destroyed . His son was Kshemya ...
Page 161
... compiled the Pu- ránas is believed to have flourished . Parikshit died of the bite of a snake , according to the Mahábhárata , Ádi Parvan . The Bhá- gavata is supposed to have been narrated to him in the interval between the bite and ...
... compiled the Pu- ránas is believed to have flourished . Parikshit died of the bite of a snake , according to the Mahábhárata , Ádi Parvan . The Bhá- gavata is supposed to have been narrated to him in the interval between the bite and ...
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... compiled when the Mohammedans were making their first en- croachments on the west . They seem to have invaded , and to have settled , in Sindh early in the eighth century , although In- dian princes continued on the Indus for a ...
... compiled when the Mohammedans were making their first en- croachments on the west . They seem to have invaded , and to have settled , in Sindh early in the eighth century , although In- dian princes continued on the Indus for a ...
Page 245
... they are mere summaries , compiled , evi- dently , from other works . The principal authority for the ad- ventures of Krishna is the Bhagavata , the tenth Book of which successive transactions . I wish , now , to hear.
... they are mere summaries , compiled , evi- dently , from other works . The principal authority for the ad- ventures of Krishna is the Bhagavata , the tenth Book of which successive transactions . I wish , now , to hear.
Page 246
... compiled . It is doubtful , however , if Krishna , the boy , and his adventures at Vrindavana , were not subsequent inventions . There are no allusions to them , in the poem , of an unsuspicious nature . The only ones that I have met ...
... compiled . It is doubtful , however , if Krishna , the boy , and his adventures at Vrindavana , were not subsequent inventions . There are no allusions to them , in the poem , of an unsuspicious nature . The only ones that I have met ...
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