 ... both supernatural ; in the next generation the names of the elder gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for such a series of prodigies. The...  Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social - Page 23by Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1882 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1872 - 752 pages
...gods get introduced into the storv, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for...supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmans hasten to provide for him a niche in the orthodox Pantheon. It is scarcely worth while to enumerate... | |
 | James Platt - Conduct of life - 1883 - 538 pages
...gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for such, a series of prodigies. The man was an avdtar of Vishnu or Siva; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmins feel warranted in... | |
 | Brahma-samaj - 1889 - 854 pages
...gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for...; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahman's feel warranted in providing for him a niche in the orthodox Pantheon. "The earliest start... | |
 | Edward Clodd - Animism - 1905 - 114 pages
...gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for...providing for him a niche in the orthodox Pantheon. . . . Four of the most popular gods in Berar, whose images and temples are famous in the Dekhan, are... | |
 | Sir Alfred C. Lyall - China - 1907 - 140 pages
...Romuald, which is styled by the Spanish chronicler a "determinacion bestial y indiscreta. " nation can account for such a Series of prodigies. The man was an Avatdr of Vishnu or Siva ; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmans feel warranted... | |
 | E. Osborn Martin - Gods, Hindu - 1914 - 444 pages
...gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for...series of prodigies. The man was an Avatar of Vishnu or 3iva ; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmans feel warranted in providing for him... | |
 | Lewis Spence - Mythology - 1921 - 394 pages
...The man was an avatar of Vishnu or Siva ; his supreme apotheosis is now complete, and the Brahmins feel warranted in providing for him a niche in the orthodox pantheon." 1 This, of course, is an instance where the memory of his sanctity helps to turn a man into a god.... | |
 | Edward Clodd - Religion - 1996 - 106 pages
...gods get introduced into the story, and so the marvellous tradition works itself into a myth, until nothing but a personal incarnation can account for...providing for him a niche in the orthodox Pantheon. . . . Four of the most popular gods in Berar, whose images and temples are famous in the Dekhan, are... | |
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