Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, Their Religion and Institutions: Contributions to a knowledge of the cosmogony, mythology, religious ideas, life and manners, of the Indians in the Vedic ageTrübner, 1870 - Brahmanism |
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abhi adhi Aditi Adityas Agne Agni Agnim Agnir aham Aryaman Asuras Asvins asya atha ayam Benfey born Brahma Brahmana Brahmanaspati Brihaspati chariot chid Compare A.V. creatures Daksha dawn deities devāḥ devān devānām divi divine divo dyām Dyaus epithet father goddess gods heaven and earth horses hymns idam immortality Indra Indrasya Indro invoked jajāna jyotir lokam Maruts mātā Mitra and Varuna mother naḥ Nirukta oblation Parjanya passage Prajapati Prithivi Professor Müller Professor Roth Purusha Pūshan quoted rājā Rig-veda rishi rodasī sacrifice Sarasvati Satapatha Savitā Savitri Sayana says Soma somam Sūrya Taitt tasya tava thee thou translation tvā tvam Tvashtri Ushas Vāj vajram vām Varuna Varunasya vayam Vayu veda Vedic verse viii Vishnu viśvā viśve Vivasvat Vrittra word worshippers yaḥ Yama yasya yathā yatra δὲ καὶ
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Page 62 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 37 - Aditi, an ancient god or goddess, is in reality the earliest name invented to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky.