Religious Thought and Life in India: An Account of the Religions of the Indian Peoples, Based on a Life's Study of Their Literature and on Personal Investigations in Their Own Country, Part 1 |
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... regarded with varying degrees of veneration . They all had names which still exist under different modifications among different branches of the Aryan stock , leading us to infer that they were among the most ancient objects held sacred ...
... regarded with varying degrees of veneration . They all had names which still exist under different modifications among different branches of the Aryan stock , leading us to infer that they were among the most ancient objects held sacred ...
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... regarded as one family - children of the old pre - Vedic heavenly father ( Dyo or Dyaus ) , while Earth ( Prithivi ) was fabled as a divine mother . To other sacred poets the pre- 1 Certain passages in prose were added , which were ...
... regarded as one family - children of the old pre - Vedic heavenly father ( Dyo or Dyaus ) , while Earth ( Prithivi ) was fabled as a divine mother . To other sacred poets the pre- 1 Certain passages in prose were added , which were ...
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... regarded as intimate associates of the Rain - god Indra , and were really only forms and modifications of that god . On the other hand , the ancient Āryan deities , Varuņa and Mitra , with Vishņu , were all mere forms of the Sun ( Sūrya ...
... regarded as intimate associates of the Rain - god Indra , and were really only forms and modifications of that god . On the other hand , the ancient Āryan deities , Varuņa and Mitra , with Vishņu , were all mere forms of the Sun ( Sūrya ...
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... regarded as the next god to the Rain- god in the estimation of Vedic worshippers ; and certainly he takes precedence over every other god in connection with sacrificial rites . Even the Sun - god , who is generally first in all Pagan ...
... regarded as the next god to the Rain- god in the estimation of Vedic worshippers ; and certainly he takes precedence over every other god in connection with sacrificial rites . Even the Sun - god , who is generally first in all Pagan ...
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... regarded as related to the God Vishnu . What god shall we adore with sacrifice ? Him let us praise , the golden child that rose In the beginning , who was born the lord- The one sole lord of all that is - who made The earth , and formed ...
... regarded as related to the God Vishnu . What god shall we adore with sacrifice ? Him let us praise , the golden child that rose In the beginning , who was born the lord- The one sole lord of all that is - who made The earth , and formed ...
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