 | Sir John William Dawson - 1860 - 466 pages
...Brahma the forefather of spirits. " The waters are called Nara because they are the production of Nara the spirit of God, and since they were his first Ayana or place of motion, he thence is named No/ray ana or moving on the waters. In the egg Brahma remained a year, and caused the egg to divide,... | |
 | Mrs. John B. Speid - 1862 - 382 pages
...coincidence with Genesis i. verse 2 : " The waters are called Nara because they were the production of the spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters." A name which, as belonging to the one Supreme, is applied in emulation... | |
 | John William Draper - 1863 - 680 pages
...his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters. The waters are so called (nara) because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and, since they were his first ayand, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters. From that which is... | |
 | Fitzedward Hall - 1864 - 388 pages
...the well-known verse of Manu, I., 10, t rendered, by Sir Wm. Jones: "The waters are called narafi , because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit...first ayana , or place of motion, he thence is named Narayaria, or moving on the waters." Now, although there can be little doubt that this tradition is,... | |
 | Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 366 pages
...himself, in the form of BRAHMA', the great forefather of all spirits. 10. The waters are called ncird, because they were the production of NARA, or the spirit...first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named NA'RA'TANA, or moving on the waters. 11. From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object of sense,... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 544 pages
...himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits. " The waters are called Nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and hence they were his first ayana, or place of motion ; he hence is named Nara yana, or moving on the... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 548 pages
...himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits. " The waters are called Nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and hence they were his first ayana, or place of motion ; he hence is named Nara yana, or moving on the... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 pages
...born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits. The waters are called Nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the Spirit of God ; and hence they were his first ayana, or place of motion ; he hence is named Narayana, or moving of the... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 pages
...born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits. The waters are called Nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the Spirit of God ; and hence they were his first ayana, or place of motion ; he hence is named Narayana, or moving of the... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1038 pages
...of Rama. In the Ins. of Menu, c. 1, v. 10, the waters are called Nara, because they were the first production of Nara, or the Spirit of God ; and since...they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he is thence named Narayana, or moving on the waters. Narayana in his watery cradle, is a most mystical... | |
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The waters are called nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters. 
