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Page ix
... hymns addressed to the elements and powers of nature . Some of these hymns they no doubt brought from their earlier homes to the West , but others were composed after they had reached the land of their adoption . These ancient hymns ...
... hymns addressed to the elements and powers of nature . Some of these hymns they no doubt brought from their earlier homes to the West , but others were composed after they had reached the land of their adoption . These ancient hymns ...
Page x
... hymns have preserved the myths in their primitive forms , and , says Max Müller , " 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 ...
... hymns have preserved the myths in their primitive forms , and , says Max Müller , " 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 ...
Page xi
... hymns of the latest date , the idea of one Supreme Being assumed a more definite shape , and the Hindu mind was per- ceiving , even if it had not distinctly realised , the great con- ception . As the Vedic hymns grew ancient , ritual ...
... hymns of the latest date , the idea of one Supreme Being assumed a more definite shape , and the Hindu mind was per- ceiving , even if it had not distinctly realised , the great con- ception . As the Vedic hymns grew ancient , ritual ...
Page xii
... hymn called Purusha - sukta , one of the latest hymns of the Rig - veda , there is a distinct recognition of three classes , Brahmans , Kshatriyas , and Vaisyas , and these appear more distinctly in the Brahmana , but no mention of the ...
... hymn called Purusha - sukta , one of the latest hymns of the Rig - veda , there is a distinct recognition of three classes , Brahmans , Kshatriyas , and Vaisyas , and these appear more distinctly in the Brahmana , but no mention of the ...
Page xiii
... hymns of the Vedas . The fourth , or Man - lion , seems to belong to a later age , when the worship of Vishnu had become established . The fifth , or Dwarf , whose three strides deprived the Asuras of the dominion of heaven and earth ...
... hymns of the Vedas . The fourth , or Man - lion , seems to belong to a later age , when the worship of Vishnu had become established . The fifth , or Dwarf , whose three strides deprived the Asuras of the dominion of heaven and earth ...
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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