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... curious to trace its descent , to contrast such legends as are traceable with their simple beginnings in the Vedic hymns , and so to follow the workings of the mind of a INTRODUCTION . XV great people through many centuries . Such.
... curious to trace its descent , to contrast such legends as are traceable with their simple beginnings in the Vedic hymns , and so to follow the workings of the mind of a INTRODUCTION . XV great people through many centuries . Such.
Page xv
... hymns of the Rig - veda are the basis upon which comparative mythology rests , and they have already sup- plied the means of unfolding the real source and signification of several Greek and Zoroastrian myths . The science is young , and ...
... hymns of the Rig - veda are the basis upon which comparative mythology rests , and they have already sup- plied the means of unfolding the real source and signification of several Greek and Zoroastrian myths . The science is young , and ...
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... hymns in the Rig - veda , and a very celebrated personage in Hindu story . He and Vasishtha are said in the Rig - veda to be the offspring of Mitra and Varuna , whose seed fell from them at the sight of Urvasi ; and the commentator ...
... hymns in the Rig - veda , and a very celebrated personage in Hindu story . He and Vasishtha are said in the Rig - veda to be the offspring of Mitra and Varuna , whose seed fell from them at the sight of Urvasi ; and the commentator ...
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... hymns are addressed to him , more indeed than to any other god . He is one of the three great deities -Agni , Vayu ( or Indra ) , and Surya - who respectively preside over earth , air , and sky , and are all equal in dignity . " He is ...
... hymns are addressed to him , more indeed than to any other god . He is one of the three great deities -Agni , Vayu ( or Indra ) , and Surya - who respectively preside over earth , air , and sky , and are all equal in dignity . " He is ...
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... hymn of the Rig - veda attributed to Vasishtha , Indra and other gods are called upon to destroy the Kravyāds ' the flesh - eaters , ' or Rakshas enemies of the gods . Agni himself is also a Kravyad , and as such he takes an entirely ...
... hymn of the Rig - veda attributed to Vasishtha , Indra and other gods are called upon to destroy the Kravyāds ' the flesh - eaters , ' or Rakshas enemies of the gods . Agni himself is also a Kravyad , and as such he takes an entirely ...
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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