 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1808 - 600 страници
...frcats of five subjects : the creation of the nniverse, its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according to a fabulous system ; and heroick history, containing the achievements of demi-gods and heroes. is a patronytnick, indicating... | |
 | Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 страници
...treats of five subjects : the creation of the universe, its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology according...containing the achievements of demigods and heroes." One, however, of these five subjects has been here omitted, and, unless the term chronology means the... | |
 | Friedrich von Adelung - 1832 - 270 страници
...treats of five subjects : the creation of the universe, its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according...containing the achievements of demigods and heroes. Sine* each Purana contains a cosmogony, with mythological and heroic history, the works which bear... | |
 | 1835 - 430 страници
...creation of the universe, its destruction, and the renovation of worlds ; the avataras, or mafestations of the supreme deity; the genealogy of gods and heroes...the popular or poetical creed of the present Hindoos ". Two great epic poems, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are usually classed with the Puranas. The... | |
 | Hindus - 1835 - 434 страници
...creation of the universe, its destruction, and the renovation of worlds ; the avataras, or ma-, festations of the supreme deity; the genealogy of gods and heroes...Vedas. are now very generally read and studied, and consti15 Asiatic Researches, vol. viii. p. 491, &c. tute the popular or poetical creed of the present... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1837 - 388 страници
...drawn the conclusion that this calendar must have been regulated during the fourteenth century i ; and part at least of the hymns in honour of the several...names are the Brahma, Padma, Brahmanda, Agni, Vishnu, 1 Asiatic Researches, vol. iii. p. 491, &o. Garuda, Brahmavaivarta, Siva, Linga, Naradiya, Skanda,... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - 1837 - 230 страници
...subjects: the creation of the universe; its destruction, and the renovation of worlds ; the avataras, or manifestations of the supreme deity ; the genealogy...containing the achievements of demigods and heroes. The poetry of the Hindoos may be mentioned after these great works; and the two great epic poems, the... | |
 | Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1837 - 596 страници
...as his commentators remark, those terms were already introduced by earlier grammarians-! None of the gods and heroes ; chronology, according to a fabulous...; and heroic history, containing the achievements ofdemi-jods and heroes. Since each Puralw. contains a cosmogony, with mythological and heroic history,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1837 - 610 страници
...commentators remark, those terms were already introduced by earlier grammarians.£ None of the pods and heroes; chronology, according to a fabulous system...; and heroic history, containing the achievements ofdemi-yods and heroes. Since each Purana contains a cosmogony, with mythological and heroic history,... | |
 | Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1873 - 552 страници
...treats of five subjects : the creation of the universe, its propress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according...containing the achievements of demi-gods and heroes. Since each Purina contains a cosmogony, with mythological and heroic history, the works which bear... | |
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Purana treats of five subjects, — the creation of the universe : its progress, and the renovation of worlds ; the genealogy of gods and heroes ; chronology, according to a fabulous system ; and heroic history, containing the achievements of demigods... 
