 When the gods, performing sacrifice, bound Purusha as a victim, there were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These were the earliest rites. These...  Myth, Ritual and Religion - Page 236by Andrew Lang - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Civilization, Hindu - 1869 - 458 pages
...bound Purusha as a victim, there were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrico seven pieces of fuel were made. " With sacrifice the...powers have sought the sky, where are the. former Si'ulhyas, gods ?" 1 The most remarkable point in this Purusha-Sukta is that, although Purusha is recognised... | |
 | John Muir - Brahmanism - 1872 - 566 pages
...xix. 6, 6, reads madhyam, "middle." (around the fire), and thrico seven pieces of fuel were made. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...sought the sky, where are the former Sadhyas, gods." M I have above (p. 7) intimated an opinion that this hymn does not belong to the most ancient portion... | |
 | John Muir - Brahmanism - 1872 - 564 pages
...singular reading of the last half verse: (around the fire), and thrice seven piecea of fuel were made. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...great powers have sought the sky, where are the former Scidhyas, gods." M I have above (p. 7) intimated an opinion that this hymn does not belong to the most... | |
 | John Russell Amberley (viscount) - Religions - 1876 - 536 pages
...were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. 1 6. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...great powers have sought the sky, where are the former Sildhyas, gods." 1 The wide interval which separates theological theories of this kind from the primitive... | |
 | John Russell Amberley (Viscount), John Russell (visct. Amberley.) - Religions - 1877 - 526 pages
...were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. 1 6. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...sought the sky, where are the former Sadhyas, gods." 1 The wide interval which separates theological theories of this kind from the primitive hymns to the... | |
 | John Russell Amberley (viscount) - Faith - 1877 - 766 pages
...were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...great powers have sought the sky, where are the former SSdhyas, gods" (0. ST, vol. L p. 9.— Rig- Veda, x. 90). The wide interval which separates theological... | |
 | Brahma-samaj - 1889 - 854 pages
...were seven sticks {stuck up) for it (around the tire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were mad«. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...sought the sky, where are the former Sadhyas, gods F* It has been mentioned that very few of the hymns of the RigVeda contain any petitions for the pardon... | |
 | George Temple - India - 1890 - 482 pages
...were seven sticks (stuck np) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice, These...sought the sky, where are the former Sadhyas, gods."* With regard Auihoritiet. Translat ed by John Muir. • Compare Luoretius.'de Rernm Natura.' V. 1160—1196... | |
 | William Williamson - Mythology - 1899 - 466 pages
...from his head the sky, from his feet the earth ... in this manner (the gods) formed the world. . . . With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These were the earliest rites." 1 Though the meaning which the author of the above words intended to convey was probably a hidden one,... | |
 | Vasudeva Janannath Kirtikar - Vedanta - 1924 - 244 pages
...were seven sticks (stuck up) for it (around the fire), and thrice seven pieces of fuel were made. 16. With sacrifice the gods performed the sacrifice. These...great powers have sought the sky, where are the former Sddhyas. gods." Cf. also Has Mailer's " Hist. Sans. Lit.", p. 570 ' Rig Veda, X, 129 :— " Then was... | |
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