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... Bibliotheca Indica , edited by Rajendra Lal Mitra . AGNISHWATTAS . Pitris or Manes of the gods , who when living upon earth did not maintain their domestic fires or offer burnt - sacrifices . According to some authorities they were ...
... Bibliotheca Indica , edited by Rajendra Lal Mitra . AGNISHWATTAS . Pitris or Manes of the gods , who when living upon earth did not maintain their domestic fires or offer burnt - sacrifices . According to some authorities they were ...
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... Bibliotheca Indica by Rajendra Lāla , and there is another edition . The Upanishad has been translated by Dr. Roer in the same series . " The Aitareya Aranyaka consists of five books , each of which is called Aranyaka . The second and ...
... Bibliotheca Indica by Rajendra Lāla , and there is another edition . The Upanishad has been translated by Dr. Roer in the same series . " The Aitareya Aranyaka consists of five books , each of which is called Aranyaka . The second and ...
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... Bibliotheca Indica . . ASWA - MEDHA . ' The sacrifice of a horse . ' This is a sacri- fice which , in Vedic times , was performed by kings desirous of offspring . The horse was killed with certain ceremonies , and the wives of the king ...
... Bibliotheca Indica . . ASWA - MEDHA . ' The sacrifice of a horse . ' This is a sacri- fice which , in Vedic times , was performed by kings desirous of offspring . The horse was killed with certain ceremonies , and the wives of the king ...
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... Bibliotheca Indica . BADARĪ , BADARĪKĀSRAMA . A place sacred to Vishnu , near the Ganges in the Himalayas , particularly in Vishnu's dual form of Nara - Nārāyana . Thus , in the Maha - bhārata , Siva , addressing Arjuna , says , " Thou ...
... Bibliotheca Indica . BADARĪ , BADARĪKĀSRAMA . A place sacred to Vishnu , near the Ganges in the Himalayas , particularly in Vishnu's dual form of Nara - Nārāyana . Thus , in the Maha - bhārata , Siva , addressing Arjuna , says , " Thou ...
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... Bibliotheca Indica . BHANUMATI . Daughter of Bhanu , a Yadava chief , who was abducted from her home in Dwārakā , during the absence of her father , by the demon Nikumbha . BHARADWĀJA . A Rishi to whom many Vedic hymns are attributed ...
... Bibliotheca Indica . BHANUMATI . Daughter of Bhanu , a Yadava chief , who was abducted from her home in Dwārakā , during the absence of her father , by the demon Nikumbha . BHARADWĀJA . A Rishi to whom many Vedic hymns are attributed ...
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According Aditi Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatāra Bala-rāma became Bhāgavata Bharata Bhima Bhishma Bhrigu Bibliotheca Indica birth born Brahman Brihaspati brother called celebrated chariot curse Daitya Daksha Dasa-ratha daughter of Daksha deity demon descended Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana Durgā earth father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Karna Kāsī Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Mahā-bhārata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Prajapati priest princes Purāna Rāja Rakshasas Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Vishnu Purāna Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yajnawalkya Yama Yudhi-shthira
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Page 142 - Willst du was reizt und entziickt, willst du was sattigt und nahrt, Willst du den Himmel, die Erde, mit Einem Namen begreifen; Nenn' ich, Sakontala, Dich, und so ist Alles gesagt.
Page x - Nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems of India from the most ancient literature of Greece more clearly felt than when we compare the growing myths of the Veda with the full-grown and decayed myths on which the poetry of Homer is founded. The Veda is the real Theogony of the Aryan races, while that of Hesiod is a distorted caricature of the original image.
Page 350 - Eakshasa are objects of horror whom the gods ward off and destroy ; the divinities of the Atharva are regarded rather with a kind of cringing fear, as powers whose wrath is to be deprecated and whose favour curried...
Page 107 - He is represented as a short fat man of a yellow colour, with a protuberant belly, four hands, and the head of an elephant, which has only one tusk. In...
Page 146 - Desire first arose in It, which was the primal germ of mind ; [and which] sages, searching with their intellect, have discovered in their heart to be the bond which connects entity with non-entity.