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Page 46
... Viswamitra's sons were called Bharatas . He was 2. An ancient king of the first Manwantara . devoted to Vishnu , and abdicated his throne that he might continue constant in meditation upon him . While at his hermitage , he went to bathe ...
... Viswamitra's sons were called Bharatas . He was 2. An ancient king of the first Manwantara . devoted to Vishnu , and abdicated his throne that he might continue constant in meditation upon him . While at his hermitage , he went to bathe ...
Page 84
... Viswamitra . DATTAKA - CHANDRIKĀ . A treatise on the law of adop- tion by Devana Bhatta . Translated by Sutherland . DATTAKA - MĪMĀNSĀ . A treatise on the law of adoption Translated by Sutherland . by Nanda Pandita . DATTAKA - SIROMANI ...
... Viswamitra . DATTAKA - CHANDRIKĀ . A treatise on the law of adop- tion by Devana Bhatta . Translated by Sutherland . DATTAKA - MĪMĀNSĀ . A treatise on the law of adoption Translated by Sutherland . by Nanda Pandita . DATTAKA - SIROMANI ...
Page 89
... Viswamitra , and Baudhāyana . Other names that are met with are Pulastya , Gargya , Paithīnasi , Sumantu , Lokākshi , Kuthumi , and Dhaumya . The writings of some of these lawgivers have appeared in different forms , and are referred to ...
... Viswamitra , and Baudhāyana . Other names that are met with are Pulastya , Gargya , Paithīnasi , Sumantu , Lokākshi , Kuthumi , and Dhaumya . The writings of some of these lawgivers have appeared in different forms , and are referred to ...
Page 103
... Viswamitra . He was son of Kusamba , or , according to the Vishnu Purāna , he was Indra , who took upon himself that form . GĀLAVA . A pupil of Viswamitra . It is related in the Mahā - bharata that at the conclusion of his studies he ...
... Viswamitra . He was son of Kusamba , or , according to the Vishnu Purāna , he was Indra , who took upon himself that form . GĀLAVA . A pupil of Viswamitra . It is related in the Mahā - bharata that at the conclusion of his studies he ...
Page 104
... Viswamitra retired to the woods , he resigned his her- mitage and his horses to Ashtaka , and Galava having taken ... Viswāmitra , and that sage in a time of great distress tied a cord round his waist and offered him for sale . Prince ...
... Viswamitra retired to the woods , he resigned his her- mitage and his horses to Ashtaka , and Galava having taken ... Viswāmitra , and that sage in a time of great distress tied a cord round his waist and offered him for sale . Prince ...
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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.