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... serpent and afterwards restored him to his proper form . See Nahusha . It is in the Rāmāyana that Agastya makes the most distin- guished figure . He dwelt in a hermitage on Mount Kunjara , situated in a most beautiful country to the ...
... serpent and afterwards restored him to his proper form . See Nahusha . It is in the Rāmāyana that Agastya makes the most distin- guished figure . He dwelt in a hermitage on Mount Kunjara , situated in a most beautiful country to the ...
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... serpent , and Krishna's companions , the cowherds , entered its mouth , mistaking it for a mountain cavern : but Krishna rescued them . AGNAYĪ . Wife of Agni . She is seldom alluded to in the Veda and is not of any importance . AGNEYA ...
... serpent , and Krishna's companions , the cowherds , entered its mouth , mistaking it for a mountain cavern : but Krishna rescued them . AGNAYĪ . Wife of Agni . She is seldom alluded to in the Veda and is not of any importance . AGNEYA ...
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... serpent . A name of Vritra , the Vedic demon of drought but Ahi and Vritra are sometimes " distinct , and mean , most probably , differently formed clouds . " - Wilson . AHI - CHHATRA , AHI - KSHETRA . A city mentioned in the Mahā ...
... serpent . A name of Vritra , the Vedic demon of drought but Ahi and Vritra are sometimes " distinct , and mean , most probably , differently formed clouds . " - Wilson . AHI - CHHATRA , AHI - KSHETRA . A city mentioned in the Mahā ...
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... serpent , for a rope ; together churn The ocean to produce the beverage- Source of all strength and immortality- Then reckon on my aid ; I will take care Your foes shall share your toil , but not partake In its reward , or drink th ...
... serpent , for a rope ; together churn The ocean to produce the beverage- Source of all strength and immortality- Then reckon on my aid ; I will take care Your foes shall share your toil , but not partake In its reward , or drink th ...
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... serpent Sesha . The term is also applied to Vishnu and other deities . ANARANYA . A descendant of Ikshwāku and king of Ayodhya . According to the Rāmāyana , many kings submitted to Ravana without fighting , but when Anaranya was ...
... serpent Sesha . The term is also applied to Vishnu and other deities . ANARANYA . A descendant of Ikshwāku and king of Ayodhya . According to the Rāmāyana , many kings submitted to Ravana without fighting , but when Anaranya was ...
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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.