Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 1Wm. H. Allen, 1837 - Hinduism |
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... hymn to fire ; and the Yajurvéda with one in which air is mentioned . But CULLÚCABHATTA has recourse to the renovations of the universe . " In one Calpa , the Védas proceeded from fire , air , and the sun ; in another , from BRAHMA , at ...
... hymn to fire ; and the Yajurvéda with one in which air is mentioned . But CULLÚCABHATTA has recourse to the renovations of the universe . " In one Calpa , the Védas proceeded from fire , air , and the sun ; in another , from BRAHMA , at ...
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... The complete collection of the hymns , prayers , and invocations , belonging to one Véda , is entitled its Sanhitá . Every other portion of Indian scripture is included under the general head of divinity ( 18 ON THE VÉDAS , OR.
... The complete collection of the hymns , prayers , and invocations , belonging to one Véda , is entitled its Sanhitá . Every other portion of Indian scripture is included under the general head of divinity ( 18 ON THE VÉDAS , OR.
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... hymn , in which a deity is praised . As those are mostly in verse , the term becomes also applicable to such passages of any Veda as are reducible to measure , according to the rules of prosody . The first Véda , in VYASA's compilation ...
... hymn , in which a deity is praised . As those are mostly in verse , the term becomes also applicable to such passages of any Veda as are reducible to measure , according to the rules of prosody . The first Véda , in VYASA's compilation ...
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... hymns of a single author ; invocations , too , addressed to the same deities , hymns relating to like subjects , and prayers intended for similar occasions , are frequently classed together . This requires explanation . In a regular ...
... hymns of a single author ; invocations , too , addressed to the same deities , hymns relating to like subjects , and prayers intended for similar occasions , are frequently classed together . This requires explanation . In a regular ...
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... hymns addressed to princes , from whom gifts were received by the authors . The Rishi , or speaker , is of course rarely mentioned in the mantra itself : but in some instances he does name him- self . A few passages , too , among the ...
... hymns addressed to princes , from whom gifts were received by the authors . The Rishi , or speaker , is of course rarely mentioned in the mantra itself : but in some instances he does name him- self . A few passages , too , among the ...
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abode affirmed ancient ANGIRAS aphorisms appertains Asiatic atoms attainment Bauddhas body Brahmana Brahme bride bridegroom CAPILA Cár Caricá cause ceremony chapter cited clarified butter colour commentary commentator comprises conjunction consecrated consists cusa grass deceased deity deliverance denominated divers divine doctrine dost earth effect efficacious elements essay eternal ether fire five gloss gods GÓTAMA heaven Hindus holy hymns immortal INDRA inference intellect JAIMINI Jainas Jyotish knowledge lecture light likewise mantra meditation Mímánsá moon Nyaya objects oblation organs pain passage PATANJALI peculiar quality perception performed person philosophy PRAJAPATI present priest principles produced purána purusha recited religious Rigvéda rites Royal Asiatic Society sacrifice Sámavéda Sánc'hya SANCARA saying scholia scholiast sect sense solemn sorts soul substances supreme Sútr sútras termed thee thou art tila tion treatises universe Upanishad VARUNA Védánta Védas vessel VISHNU Vrihad worship YAJNYAWALCYA Yajurvéda Yajush
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Page 116 - The wife who commits herself to the flames with her husband's corpse, shall equal ARUNDHAT!, and reside in Swarga ; " Accompanying her husband, she shall reside so long " in Swarga as are the thirty-five millions of hairs on the
Page 133 - eye of the sun, of water, and of fire, collective power of " gods; he fills heaven, earth, and sky, with his luminous " net; he is the soul of all which is fixed or locomotive." 3d. " That eye, supremely beneficial, rises pure from the " east; may we see him a hundred years; may we live a " hundred years; may we hear a hundred years." 4th. " May we, preserved by the divine power, contemplating " heaven above the region of darkness, approach the deity,
Page 113 - They are too voluminous for a complete translation of the whole ; and what they contain would hardly reward the labour of the reader ; much less that of the translator.
Page 34 - Darkness there was ; (for) this universe was enveloped with darkness, and was undistinguishable (like fluids mixed in) waters ; but that mass, which was covered by the husk, was (at length) produced by the power of contemplation. First, desire was formed in his mind, and that became the original productive seed ; which the wise, recognising it by the intellect in their hearts, distinguish, in nonentity, as the bond of entity.
Page 321 - The earth is not the king's, but is common to all beings enjoying the fruit of their own labour. It belong?, says JAIMINI, to all alike: therefore, although a gift of a piece of ground to an individual does take place, the whole land cannot be given by a monarch, nor a province by a subordinate prince; but house and field, acquired by purchase and similar means, are liable to gift.
Page 259 - When separation of the informed soul from its corporeal frame at length takes place, and nature in respect of it ceases, then is absolute and final deliverance accomplished.
Page 401 - In its ordinary acceptation, as an adjective, it signifies extinct, as a fire which is gone out; set, as a luminary which has gone down; defunct, as a saint who has passed away: its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition nir used in a negative sense: it means calm and unruffled.
Page 33 - I bend the bow, to slay the demon, foe of Brahma ; for the people I make war on their foes ; and I pervade heaven and earth. I bore the father on the head of this universal mind ; and my origin is in the midst of the ocean : and therefore do I pervade all beings, and touch this heaven with my form. Originating all beings, I pass like the breeze; I am above this heaven, beyond this earth; and what is the GREAT ONE, that am I.
Page 208 - May this oblation be efficacious." 2. *' Damsel ! I anoint this thy generative organ with honey, because it is the second mouth of the Creator : by that thou subduest all males, though unsubdued ; by that thou art lively, and dost hold dominion, May this oblation be efficacious,
Page 171 - present in this cemetery, accept from us this eight-fold un" perishable oblation : may they convey the deceased to " pleasing and eternal abodes, and grant to us life, health, " and perfect ease. This eight-fold oblation is offered to " SIVA and other deities : salutation unto them.