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... Draupadi at her Swayam- vara . For an involuntary transgression he imposed upon him- self twelve years ' exile from his family , and during that time he visited Parasu - rāma , who gave him instruction in the use of He at this period ...
... Draupadi at her Swayam- vara . For an involuntary transgression he imposed upon him- self twelve years ' exile from his family , and during that time he visited Parasu - rāma , who gave him instruction in the use of He at this period ...
Page 29
... Draupadi clamoured for revenge upon the murderer of her children . Yudhi - shthira represented that Aswatthāman was a Brahman , and pleaded for his life . She then consented to forego her demand for his blood if the precious and ...
... Draupadi clamoured for revenge upon the murderer of her children . Yudhi - shthira represented that Aswatthāman was a Brahman , and pleaded for his life . She then consented to forego her demand for his blood if the precious and ...
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... Draupadi , he was pursued by Arjuna and Bhima . The latter overtook him , dragged him by the hair from his chariot to the ground , and kicked him till he became sense- BHĪMA . 51 less . At Arjuna's remonstrance Bhima refrained.
... Draupadi , he was pursued by Arjuna and Bhima . The latter overtook him , dragged him by the hair from his chariot to the ground , and kicked him till he became sense- BHĪMA . 51 less . At Arjuna's remonstrance Bhima refrained.
Page 51
... Draupadi's intercession he let him go free . In the second exile of the Pandavas , they went to the Raja of Virāta , whose service they entered . Bhima , holding a ladle in one hand and a sword in the other , undertook the duties of ...
... Draupadi's intercession he let him go free . In the second exile of the Pandavas , they went to the Raja of Virāta , whose service they entered . Bhima , holding a ladle in one hand and a sword in the other , undertook the duties of ...
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... Draupadi . On the eighteenth and last day of the battle Dur - yodhana fled and hid himself in a lake . When he was discovered , he would not come out until he had received a promise that he should not have to fight with more than one ...
... Draupadi . On the eighteenth and last day of the battle Dur - yodhana fled and hid himself in a lake . When he was discovered , he would not come out until he had received a promise that he should not have to fight with more than one ...
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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.