Rig-Veda-Sanhita: The Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, Volume 1Friedrich Max Müller Trübner, 1869 - 258 pages |
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... light ( laghu ) , in a Vairâga and Traishtubha pâda heavy ( guru ) . ' This is called their vritta . This word vritta , which is generally translated by metre , had evidently originally a more special meaning . It meant the final rhythm ...
... light ( laghu ) , in a Vairâga and Traishtubha pâda heavy ( guru ) . ' This is called their vritta . This word vritta , which is generally translated by metre , had evidently originally a more special meaning . It meant the final rhythm ...
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... light or heavy , which need not mean more than that it must be pronounced with or without stress . The fact that the author of the Prâtisâkhya uses these terms , laghu and guru , instead of hrasva , short , and dîrgha , long , shows in ...
... light or heavy , which need not mean more than that it must be pronounced with or without stress . The fact that the author of the Prâtisâkhya uses these terms , laghu and guru , instead of hrasva , short , and dîrgha , long , shows in ...
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... light . It is perfectly true that if we keep to these four pâdas , ( to which one more pâda , viz . the half Vairâga , consisting of five syllables , might be added , ) we can reduce nearly all the hymns of the Rig - veda to their ...
... light . It is perfectly true that if we keep to these four pâdas , ( to which one more pâda , viz . the half Vairâga , consisting of five syllables , might be added , ) we can reduce nearly all the hymns of the Rig - veda to their ...
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... light , are in reality long or short . The question , however , is this , have we a right , or are we obliged , in cases where that syllable is not either long or short , as it ought to be , so to alter the text , or so to change the ...
... light , are in reality long or short . The question , however , is this , have we a right , or are we obliged , in cases where that syllable is not either long or short , as it ought to be , so to alter the text , or so to change the ...
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... lights that shine in the sky . BENFEY : Die rothe Sonne schirr'n sie an , die wandelt um die stehenden , Strahlen strahlen am Himmel auf . LANGLOIS : Placés autour du ( foyer , les hommes ) préparent le char ( du dieu ) brillant , pur ...
... lights that shine in the sky . BENFEY : Die rothe Sonne schirr'n sie an , die wandelt um die stehenden , Strahlen strahlen am Himmel auf . LANGLOIS : Placés autour du ( foyer , les hommes ) préparent le char ( du dieu ) brillant , pur ...
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abhí accent ádhi Aditi áditih Âdityas adjective agne Agni ancient ánu applied arushá Aryaman Asvins Aufr Benfey called chariot cloth cloud Daksha dawn deity derived DICTIONARY diváh earth Edited English epithet explained F. J. FURNIVALL gánayah gods Greek heaven hero horses hymn India Indra índrah íti kaná Kuhn LANGLOIS Language lengthened M. M. vol Mandala MARTIN HAUG marutah Maruts meaning metre Mitra note ¹ occurs originally pâda passages praise Prâtisâkhya prayer Professor Aufrecht Professor Roth rain Rig-veda Royal Asiatic Society Rudra sacrifice sáh sám Sanhitâ text Sanskrit saptá sápti sárdhas Savitar Sâyana semivowels sense seven sewed Soma strength strong Sûtra syllable synizesis tám tát thee thou translate Trishtubh tvâ tvám úpa utá váhnih Varuna Veda Vedic Vedic poets Verse viii Vishnu vowel vríshâ vríshan vríshanam Vritra WILSON words worship yáh yát
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