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... became realities when the ideas which gave them birth were no longer remem- bered and understood . The priestly order had advanced in power , and had taken a more prominent and important position , but the Kshatriya or second class held ...
... became realities when the ideas which gave them birth were no longer remem- bered and understood . The priestly order had advanced in power , and had taken a more prominent and important position , but the Kshatriya or second class held ...
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... became the wife of the sage . She was named Lopa - mudra , because the animals had been subjected to loss ( lopa ) by her engrossing their distinctive beauties , as the eyes of the deer , & c . She was also called Kausītaki and Vara ...
... became the wife of the sage . She was named Lopa - mudra , because the animals had been subjected to loss ( lopa ) by her engrossing their distinctive beauties , as the eyes of the deer , & c . She was also called Kausītaki and Vara ...
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... became his friend , adviser , and pro- tector . He gave him the bow of Vishnu ; and when Rama was restored to his kingdom , the sage accompanied him to Ayodhya . The name of Agastya holds a great place also in Tamil litera- ture , and ...
... became his friend , adviser , and pro- tector . He gave him the bow of Vishnu ; and when Rama was restored to his kingdom , the sage accompanied him to Ayodhya . The name of Agastya holds a great place also in Tamil litera- ture , and ...
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... patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKĀ . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of the ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas.
... patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKĀ . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of the ALAKA - NANDA - AMARU - SATAKA . II gandharvas.
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... Became a pivot for the churning - staff . Then did they churn the sea of milk ; and first Out of the waters rose the sacred Cow , God - worshipped Surabhi , eternal fountain Of milk and offerings of butter ; next , While holy Siddhas ...
... Became a pivot for the churning - staff . Then did they churn the sea of milk ; and first Out of the waters rose the sacred Cow , God - worshipped Surabhi , eternal fountain Of milk and offerings of butter ; next , While holy Siddhas ...
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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.