Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde: (Encyclopedia of Indo-Aryan research)Georg Bühler, Franz Kielhorn, Heinrich Lüders K. J. Trübner, 1897 |
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abode Aditi Adityas adored Agni Angiras Angirases appears Asuras Asvins attained attributes Avesta besought Bhagavadgītā Bhagavat Bhakti Bhṛgus Brahman Brāhmaṇas Bṛhaspati called celestial connected connexion cows dawn deities demons described devotion divine doctrine dwelling Dyaus epithet existence father fire Gandharva goddess gods Hari heaven and earth highest HILLEBRANDT HVBP hymn individual soul Indra inscription invoked JAOS JRAS Kabir Kṛṣṇa later light lord Mahābhārata Manu Maruts Matariśvan mentioned Mitra moon mother mountains myth mythology Nārāyaṇa nature occurs OLDENBERG once original Parjanya passages personification poets post-Vedic praise Prajapati priests Puşan Rāma Rāmānuja referred regarded religion represented Rigveda ROTH Rudra sacrifice Samkara Savitṛ sect shining Śiva Soma SP.AP spoken steeds Supreme Soul Surya Sūtra Trita Upanisads Varuna Vasudeva Veda Vedic verse Vişņu Vivasvat Vṛtra waters WEBER word worship WZKM Yama ZDMG
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Seite 57 - Upanisads that Brahman is the material as well as the efficient cause of the world.
Seite 61 - Indra, he became the lord of the cows ; when he overcame Vrtra he made visible the cows of the nights. There seems to be a confusion between the restoration of the sun after the darkness of the thunderstorm, and the recovery of the sun from the darkness of night at dawn.
Seite 7 - Vedas is already so great that, by the mere application of phonetic laws, whole Avestan stanzas may be translated word for word into Vedic, so as to produce verses correct not only in form but in poetic spirit...
Seite 159 - He who dwells in the earth, and within the earth, whom the earth does not know, whose body the earth is, and who pulls (rules) the earth within, he is thy Self, the puller (ruler) within, the immortal.
Seite 66 - A spirit of sympathy for the lower castes and classes of Hindu society has from the beginning been a distinguishing feature of Vaisnavism.
Seite 154 - Mihira -worship was brought into India by the old Persian priests Magi, but at whose instance and under what circumstances they came it is difficult to say. The legendary tradition of their having been brought by Samba was current in the first half of the twelfth century, as we have seen from the inscription.
Seite 39 - Thus though Visnu is no longer clearly connected with a natural phenomenon, the evidence appears to justify the inference that he was originally conceived as the sun, not in his general character, but as the personified swiftly moving luminary, which with vast strides traverses the whole universe.
Seite 46 - Usas is the most graceful creation of Vedic poetry and there is no more charming figure in the descriptive religious lyrics of any other literature.'1 These songs give vent to feelings in close association with Nature.
Seite 39 - ... hundred and sixty days of the solar year. Thus Visnu seems to. have been originally a personification of the activity of the sun, the swiftly-moving luminary that with vast strides passes through the whole universe. Visnu takes his steps for man's existence, to bestow the earth on him as a dwelling. The most prominent secondary characteristic of Visnu is his friendship for Indra, with whom he is often allied in the fight with Vrtra.
Seite 86 - In other places she is called upon to ' descend from the sky, from the great mountain to the sacrifice ;' and is supplicated to combine with the spouses of the other gods, to afford secure protection to the worshippers.