Life in Ancient IndiaSmith, Elder, 1856 - 464 страници |
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... fire , call forth their best affections . The expressions of the Hindu poets in their hymns to these deities show careful * Colebrooke's Essays , vol . i . p . 30 . Oxford Lectures , p . 15 . Introduction to the Sama Veda . § Rig - Veda ...
... fire , call forth their best affections . The expressions of the Hindu poets in their hymns to these deities show careful * Colebrooke's Essays , vol . i . p . 30 . Oxford Lectures , p . 15 . Introduction to the Sama Veda . § Rig - Veda ...
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... fire to be kindled , and men to prepare for sacrifice . " And this brings us to the reverence paid to fire in these hymns . The first act of a pious Hindu , when awakened in the morning , was to invoke " the smoke - bannered Agni ( fire ) ...
... fire to be kindled , and men to prepare for sacrifice . " And this brings us to the reverence paid to fire in these hymns . The first act of a pious Hindu , when awakened in the morning , was to invoke " the smoke - bannered Agni ( fire ) ...
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... fire he tosses about his flames like rushing rivers , and roaring like the resounding billows of the ocean ; often he is a mes- senger between earth and heaven , sent as a prince who has become a friend sends an ambassador to his more ...
... fire he tosses about his flames like rushing rivers , and roaring like the resounding billows of the ocean ; often he is a mes- senger between earth and heaven , sent as a prince who has become a friend sends an ambassador to his more ...
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... Fire ! Hear , great Agni , our desire ! Be thy care the Gods to bring Hither to our offering . " * Agni was , as we have seen , a very variable character , sometimes acting the part of Hotri , as he calls the Gods to sacrifice ...
... Fire ! Hear , great Agni , our desire ! Be thy care the Gods to bring Hither to our offering . " * Agni was , as we have seen , a very variable character , sometimes acting the part of Hotri , as he calls the Gods to sacrifice ...
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... fire on the altar was the duty to which man first awoke ; but other passages speak of fire as " constantly kindled " in the house of a pious worshipper , and it is therefore probable that he only gave " fresh vital air ” to the flames ...
... fire on the altar was the duty to which man first awoke ; but other passages speak of fire as " constantly kindled " in the house of a pious worshipper , and it is therefore probable that he only gave " fresh vital air ” to the flames ...
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Agni amongst ancient appear Arjuna Asoka attained Ayodhya beautiful Brah Brahmans Brahme brothers Buddha Buddhist Burnouf called Caste Ceylon charioteer Charudatta chief cloth Code of Manu commenced court Damayanti Dasaratha daughter death Deity dharma divine Draupadi Drona earth Edicts elephants eyes father fire flowers forest give Gods gold Greek Guzerat H. H. Wilson Hastinapura heart heaven hermit hills Himalaya Hindu holy honour horses hundred husband hymns Ibid India Indra jewels Kalidasa King Krishna Kshatriyas Lassen learned literature live lord lotus Mahabharata Mahawanso Malwa mother mountains Nala offerings Ougein Panchala Pandus penance poem present priests princes Prinsep Professor Wilson Raja Rama religious rich Rig-Veda river sacred sacrifice sage Sakya Sankhya Sanskrit says Siva soul spirit story Sudra temples thee thou tion translated trees tribes Vaisyas Vasanta Veda Vesali Vihara Viradha Vishnu whilst wife women wood worship Yama Yudhishthira
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