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... Dwarakā , and there he married Su - bhadra , the sister of Krishna . ( See Su - bhadra . ) By her he had a son named Abhimanyu . Afterwards he obtained the bow Gandīva from the god Āgni , with which to fight against Indra , and he ...
... Dwarakā , and there he married Su - bhadra , the sister of Krishna . ( See Su - bhadra . ) By her he had a son named Abhimanyu . Afterwards he obtained the bow Gandīva from the god Āgni , with which to fight against Indra , and he ...
Page 41
... Dwarakā . Another view is held as to the origin of Bala - rāma . Accord- ing to this he was an incarnation of the great serpent Sesha , and when he died the serpent is said to have issued from his mouth . The " wine - loving " Bala ...
... Dwarakā . Another view is held as to the origin of Bala - rāma . Accord- ing to this he was an incarnation of the great serpent Sesha , and when he died the serpent is said to have issued from his mouth . The " wine - loving " Bala ...
Page 134
... Dwarakā . Jarā - sandha had many kings in captivity , and when Krishna returned from Dwārakā , he , with Bhima and Arjuna , went to Jara - sandha's capital for the purpose of slaying their enemy and liberating the kings . Jara - sandha ...
... Dwarakā . Jarā - sandha had many kings in captivity , and when Krishna returned from Dwārakā , he , with Bhima and Arjuna , went to Jara - sandha's capital for the purpose of slaying their enemy and liberating the kings . Jara - sandha ...
Page 163
... Dwarakā , was present at the swayam - vara of Draupadi , and gave his judgment that she had been fairly won by Arjuna . While the Pandavas were reigning at Indra - prastha , he paid them a visit , and went out hunting with them in the ...
... Dwarakā , was present at the swayam - vara of Draupadi , and gave his judgment that she had been fairly won by Arjuna . While the Pandavas were reigning at Indra - prastha , he paid them a visit , and went out hunting with them in the ...
Page 167
... Dwarakā . [ The Mahā - bhārata makes no mention of this foreign king , and says that Krishna retired before the eighteenth attack of Jara - sandha . The foreign king would , therefore , seem to be an invention of the Puranas for saving ...
... Dwarakā . [ The Mahā - bhārata makes no mention of this foreign king , and says that Krishna retired before the eighteenth attack of Jara - sandha . The foreign king would , therefore , seem to be an invention of the Puranas for saving ...
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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.