Rig-Veda-Sanhita: The Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, Volume 1Friedrich Max Müller Trübner, 1869 - 258 pages |
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... nature of the metre , which , no doubt , to a certain extent they are , the authors of the Prâtisâkhya use them simply as convenient nets for catching as many cases as possible of lengthened syllables actually occurring in the text of ...
... nature of the metre , which , no doubt , to a certain extent they are , the authors of the Prâtisâkhya use them simply as convenient nets for catching as many cases as possible of lengthened syllables actually occurring in the text of ...
Page xciv
... natural flow of the poetical language of the Rishis , they seem at other times as deaf as the adder to the voice of the charmer . A general rule , therefore , in our sense of the word , that the eighth syllable in hendecasyllabics and ...
... natural flow of the poetical language of the Rishis , they seem at other times as deaf as the adder to the voice of the charmer . A general rule , therefore , in our sense of the word , that the eighth syllable in hendecasyllabics and ...
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... nature of which has been totally misapprehended by native metricians , occurs in iv . 10. It is there called Padapankti and Mahâ- padapankti ; nay , attempts have been made to treat it even as an Ushnih , or as a kind of Gâyatrî . The ...
... nature of which has been totally misapprehended by native metricians , occurs in iv . 10. It is there called Padapankti and Mahâ- padapankti ; nay , attempts have been made to treat it even as an Ushnih , or as a kind of Gâyatrî . The ...
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... nature or by position , we should have gained very little , we should have robbed Peter to pay Paul , we should have re- moved no difficulty , but only ignored the causes which created it . Now , if we examine the process by which ...
... nature or by position , we should have gained very little , we should have robbed Peter to pay Paul , we should have re- moved no difficulty , but only ignored the causes which created it . Now , if we examine the process by which ...
Page cxxix
... natural origin in the rhythmic sentiment of different people , and they become artificial and arithmetical in the same way as language with its innate principles of law and analogy becomes in course of time grammatical and artificial ...
... natural origin in the rhythmic sentiment of different people , and they become artificial and arithmetical in the same way as language with its innate principles of law and analogy becomes in course of time grammatical and artificial ...
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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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