 | Brahmanism - 1870 - 556 pages
...*« Compare AV iv. 23, 6; vii. 110, 1 f. w Compare the words attributed to Indra in v, 119, 13 above, p 91. (6) Agni, — a metrical sketch. Great Agni,...abid'st a denizen of earth. Sprung from the mystic pair,"6 by priestly hands In wedlock joined, forth flashes Agni bright ; But, — o ye Heavens and... | |
 | English poetry - 1879 - 434 pages
...sons, with health, And joy of heart, and length of days. CCXLIX. Jlgni, the <gcb ot Jffigveda, passim. Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...are three ; as fire thou blazest here, As lightning flash est in the atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden sun. It was in heaven thou hadst... | |
 | William Joseph Wilkins - Hindu mythology - 1882 - 468 pages
...spokes. The main characteristics of this deity are taught in the following verses by Dr. Muir :* — " Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...abid'st a denizen of earth. " Sprung from the mystic pair,f by priestly hands In wedlock joined, forth flashes Agni bright ; But, oh ! ye heavens and earth,... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...4. VEDIC DEITIES (CONTINUED), (i) Agni, the Fire God. Great Agni, though thine essence be but oue, 0 2 Z "H 1895 The University...7~ f x {n8{ > ^ aK / z C - ; <n ? |Ӽ hearts of yore, And thou abid'st a denizen of earth. Sprung from the mystic pair, by priestly hands... | |
 | Allan Menzies - Religions - 1895 - 468 pages
...region of the Sun, Then let us live in ceaseless glee, Sweet Soma quaffing there with thee. To AGNI Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...are three ; as fire thou blazest here, As lightning flashes! in the atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden sun. It was in heaven thou hadst thy... | |
 | John McFarland Kennedy - Asia - 1911 - 302 pages
...(Petersen's cd.). The same high standard is maintained in the hymns addressed to Agni, the god of fire :— Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms are three ; as fire, thou blazcst here, As lightning flashest in the atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden sun. 1... | |
 | E. Osborn Martin - Gods, Hindu - 1914 - 444 pages
...1 W. Crooke, Popular Religion and Folh-Lore in Northern India, i. 13CHAPTER II AGNI, THE FIRE GOD " Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...As lightning flashest in the atmosphere, In heaven them flamest as the golden sun." — DR. MOIR, OST, p. 221. WITH the exception of Indra more hymns... | |
 | Abinas Chandra Das - Civilization, Aryan - 1925 - 616 pages
...Muir will give the reader an idea of how this God was looked upon and worshipped by his votaries : " Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden Sun. Ur Muir's Translalion . OSTV " It was in heaven thou hadst thy primal birth, By art of sages skilled... | |
 | B. K. Chaturvedi - Hindu mythology - 2002 - 118 pages
...is not the translation of one poem but the rendering of the essence of many hymns devoted to Agni. "Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy...hearths of yore, And thou abid'st a denizen of earth. "Sprang from the mystic pair,* by priestly hands In wedlock joined, forth flashes Agni bright; But,... | |
 | Allan Menzies - Religion - 1895 - 470 pages
...region of the Sun, Then let us live in ceaseless glee, Sweet Soma quaffing there with thee. To AGNI Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms...sun. It was in heaven thou hadst thy primal birth, But thence of yore a holy sage benign, Conveyed thee down on human hearths to shine, And thou abid'st... | |
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Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms are three ; as fire thou blazest here, As lightning flashest in the atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden sun. " It was in heaven thou hadst thy primal birth ; By art of sages skilled in... 