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... told by the Buddha of what he had seen and heard in his previous births . They are probably the nearest representatives of the original Aryan stories from which sprang the folk - lore of Europe as well as India . The introduction ...
... told by the Buddha of what he had seen and heard in his previous births . They are probably the nearest representatives of the original Aryan stories from which sprang the folk - lore of Europe as well as India . The introduction ...
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... TOLD BY ITS OWN HISTORIANS . The Muhammadan Period . Edited from the Posthumous Papers of the late Sir H. M. Elliot , K.C.B. , East India Company's Bengal Civil Service . Revised and continued by Professor John Dowson , M.R.A.S. , Staff ...
... TOLD BY ITS OWN HISTORIANS . The Muhammadan Period . Edited from the Posthumous Papers of the late Sir H. M. Elliot , K.C.B. , East India Company's Bengal Civil Service . Revised and continued by Professor John Dowson , M.R.A.S. , Staff ...
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... told by them that they could be rescued only by his begetting a son . Thereupon he formed a girl out of the most graceful parts of different animals and passed her secretly into the palace of the king of Vidarbha . There the child grew ...
... told by them that they could be rescued only by his begetting a son . Thereupon he formed a girl out of the most graceful parts of different animals and passed her secretly into the palace of the king of Vidarbha . There the child grew ...
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... told with some variations in the Rāmāyana , the Mahā - bhārata , and the Puranas . The gods , feeling their weakness , having been worsted by the demons , and being , according to one authority , under the ban of a holy sage , repaired ...
... told with some variations in the Rāmāyana , the Mahā - bhārata , and the Puranas . The gods , feeling their weakness , having been worsted by the demons , and being , according to one authority , under the ban of a holy sage , repaired ...
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... told in the Maha - bhārata . Kahoda married a daughter of his preceptor , Uddālaka , but he was so devoted to study ... told in the Vishnu Purana that Ashtavakra was standing in water perform- ing penances when he was seen by some ...
... told in the Maha - bhārata . Kahoda married a daughter of his preceptor , Uddālaka , but he was so devoted to study ... told in the Vishnu Purana that Ashtavakra was standing in water perform- ing penances when he was seen by some ...
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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