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... Garuda . AKSHAMĀLĀ . A name of Arundhati ( q.v. ) . ĀKULI . An Asura priest . See Kilātākuli . AKŪPĀRA . A tortoise or turtle . The tortoise on which the earth rests . ĀKŪTI . A daughter of Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rūpā , whom he ...
... Garuda . AKSHAMĀLĀ . A name of Arundhati ( q.v. ) . ĀKULI . An Asura priest . See Kilātākuli . AKŪPĀRA . A tortoise or turtle . The tortoise on which the earth rests . ĀKŪTI . A daughter of Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rūpā , whom he ...
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... Garuda is said to have stolen the Amrita , but it was recovered by Indra . ANĀDHRISHTI . A son of Ugrasena and general of the Yadavas . ĀNAKA - DUNDUBHI . ' Drums . ' A name of Vasu - deva , who was so called because the drums of heaven ...
... Garuda is said to have stolen the Amrita , but it was recovered by Indra . ANĀDHRISHTI . A son of Ugrasena and general of the Yadavas . ĀNAKA - DUNDUBHI . ' Drums . ' A name of Vasu - deva , who was so called because the drums of heaven ...
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... Garuda and Pradyumna . Bāna was defeated , but his life was spared at the intercession of Siva , and Aniruddha was carried home to Dwaraka with Usha as his wife . He is also called Jhashanka and Ushā - pati . He had a son named Vajra ...
... Garuda and Pradyumna . Bāna was defeated , but his life was spared at the intercession of Siva , and Aniruddha was carried home to Dwaraka with Usha as his wife . He is also called Jhashanka and Ushā - pati . He had a son named Vajra ...
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... Garuda , who took him to King Yayati at Pratishthana . The king was unable to provide the horses , but he gave to Gālava his daughter Madhavī . Gālava gave her in marriage successively to Haryaswa , king of Ayodhya , Divo - dāsa , king ...
... Garuda , who took him to King Yayati at Pratishthana . The king was unable to provide the horses , but he gave to Gālava his daughter Madhavī . Gālava gave her in marriage successively to Haryaswa , king of Ayodhya , Divo - dāsa , king ...
Page 108
... , ' crest of Siva ; Khāpaga , ' flowing from heaven ; ' Mandakini , ' gently flowing ; ' Tri - patha - ga or Tri - srotah , triple flowing , ' running in heaven , earth , and hell . 6 GANGA - DHARA - GARUDA . 109 GANGA - DHARA.
... , ' crest of Siva ; Khāpaga , ' flowing from heaven ; ' Mandakini , ' gently flowing ; ' Tri - patha - ga or Tri - srotah , triple flowing , ' running in heaven , earth , and hell . 6 GANGA - DHARA - GARUDA . 109 GANGA - DHARA.
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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...
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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.