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... MANU . Translated from the Sanskrit , with an Introduction . By the late A. C. BURNELL , Ph.D. , C.I.E. Completed and Edited by E. W. HOPKINS , Ph.D. , of Columbia College , N. Y. " This work is full of interest ; while for the student ...
... MANU . Translated from the Sanskrit , with an Introduction . By the late A. C. BURNELL , Ph.D. , C.I.E. Completed and Edited by E. W. HOPKINS , Ph.D. , of Columbia College , N. Y. " This work is full of interest ; while for the student ...
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... Manu . The theory of the golden egg is held by Manu , and he calls the active creator who was produced from it Brahmā and Nārāyana , the latter name being one which was afterwards exclusively appropriated by Vishnu . But the most ...
... Manu . The theory of the golden egg is held by Manu , and he calls the active creator who was produced from it Brahmā and Nārāyana , the latter name being one which was afterwards exclusively appropriated by Vishnu . But the most ...
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... Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the Ambashtha or medical tribe . A people located in the north of India along the Indus . There has been a good deal of misapprehension respecting this people . Hindu writers have described ...
... Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the Ambashtha or medical tribe . A people located in the north of India along the Indus . There has been a good deal of misapprehension respecting this people . Hindu writers have described ...
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... Manu , " and as a star . In the Maha - bharata Agni is represented as hav- ing exhausted his vigour by devouring too many oblations , and desiring to consume the whole Khandava forest as a means of recruiting his strength . He was ...
... Manu , " and as a star . In the Maha - bharata Agni is represented as hav- ing exhausted his vigour by devouring too many oblations , and desiring to consume the whole Khandava forest as a means of recruiting his strength . He was ...
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... Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rupā , whom he gave to the patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKA . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of ...
... Manu Swayambhuva and Sata - rupā , whom he gave to the patriarch Ruchi . She bore twins , Yajna and Dakshina , who became husband and wife and had twelve sons , the deities called Yamas . ALAKA . The capital of Kuvera and the abode of ...
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According Aditi Adityas Agni Arjuna Asuras Aswins Avatara Bala-rāma became Bhagavata 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 Devi Dhrita-rashtra divine drama Draupadi Drona Dur-yodhana earth edited father female fire forest Gandharvas Ganges gave goddess gods Hari-vansa heaven Hindu horse husband hymns incarnation India Indra Kasyapa Kauravas killed king Krishna Kshatriya Kuvera Lakshmana legend Linga lord Lunar race Maha-bharata Manu Meru mother mountain Nala nymph ocean Pandavas Pandu Parasu-rāma personified Pitris poem Post 8vo Prajapati priest princes Raja Rakshasa Rāma Rama's Rāmāyana Ravana represented Rig-veda Rishi river Rudra sacrifice sage Sanhita Sanskrit Saraswati Satapatha Brahmana says serpent seven Sītā Siva Solar race Soma sons sprang story Sutras told translated Upanishad Varuna Vasishtha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu Purana Viswamitra Vyasa wife worship Yadavas Yama Yudhi-shthira