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... it to Varuna ( Oupavós ) : Wuttke , Ibid . p . 243. He is , in their view , the preserving and directing a- gent of the Vaidic system , the sphere I. CHAP . hymns of India a complete and systematic among the Hindus . 9.
... it to Varuna ( Oupavós ) : Wuttke , Ibid . p . 243. He is , in their view , the preserving and directing a- gent of the Vaidic system , the sphere I. CHAP . hymns of India a complete and systematic among the Hindus . 9.
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Charles Hardwick. I. CHAP . hymns of India a complete and systematic theogony . The Vaidic gods are for the most part isolated beings , shadowy and impersonal energies , as multi- form in character and manifestation as the elements with ...
Charles Hardwick. I. CHAP . hymns of India a complete and systematic theogony . The Vaidic gods are for the most part isolated beings , shadowy and impersonal energies , as multi- form in character and manifestation as the elements with ...
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... complete develop- golden thread was broken which connected the ment . invisible things of God , ' His power , His righteous- ness , His personality , His fatherhood , with objects that solicit and bewitch the senses . Popular imagi ...
... complete develop- golden thread was broken which connected the ment . invisible things of God , ' His power , His righteous- ness , His personality , His fatherhood , with objects that solicit and bewitch the senses . Popular imagi ...
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... complete the horse - sacrifice , or qualify himself for ruling in the place of Indra by extraordinary acts of penance . Such are the indefinite forms and such the varying 1 As early as the Rig - Véda , the Soma sacrifice is called ...
... complete the horse - sacrifice , or qualify himself for ruling in the place of Indra by extraordinary acts of penance . Such are the indefinite forms and such the varying 1 As early as the Rig - Véda , the Soma sacrifice is called ...
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... complete exemption from such terrible necessity ' . of the popu- What , then , are the methods which the Bráh- man has prescribed for the attainment of supreme felicity , or reabsorption into God ? These methods are reducible to two ...
... complete exemption from such terrible necessity ' . of the popu- What , then , are the methods which the Bráh- man has prescribed for the attainment of supreme felicity , or reabsorption into God ? These methods are reducible to two ...
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