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Life in Ancient India In the Age of Mantras Pillaipundagudi Tiruvenga Srinivas Iyengar No preview available - 1991 |
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A. V. vi Aditi Agni Ancient India animal arrow Arya Aryan As'vins Asuras Atharva Veda battle Bharatas Bhujyu body Brahma Brāhmaṇas bride called cattle chariots composed conquer cult Dāsa Dasyus decked demons Dravidian earth enemies father fire fire-cult fire-rites ghĩ gods R. V. gold grass hair hath heaven heroes horses husband hymns Indo-Germanic dialects Indra invoked kine kings Krishna later lived Mantras Maruts mentioned mighty milk mother Nasatyas night oblations ocean passages praised prayers priests probably R. V. iv R. V. vii R. V. x race recited referred rich Rig Veda Rishis rites S'is'na sacred sacrifice Sansk Sanskrit Sarasvati scholars skin soma steeds thee thine thou to-day Ushas various Varuna Veda Samhita Vedic language Vedic Mantras viii Vritra wealth wife wives woman women wood word worship xviii Yajur Veda yoked
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Page 22 - Lay on the yokes, and fasten well the traces : formed is the furrow, sow the seed within it. Through song may we find hearing fraught with plenty : near to the ripened grain approach the sickle.
Page 24 - He also snorts, by whom encompassed round the Cow lows as she clings unto the shedder of the rain. She with her shrilling cries hath humbled mortal man, and, turned to lightning, hath stripped off her covering robe.
Page 49 - Indra, give our bodies strength, strength to the bulls who draw the wains. Strength to our seed and progeny that they may live, for thou art he who giveth strength. 19. Enclose thee in the heart of Khayar timber, in the Car wrought of ?>isap: put firmness.
Page 96 - Go up, O woman to the world of the living ; thou liest by this one who is deceased : come ! to him who grasps thy hand, thy second spouse, thou hast now entered into the relation of wife to husband.
Page 34 - With many a son, father of many daughters, He clangs and clashes as he goes to battle. Slung on the back, pouring his brood, the Quiver vanquishes all opposing bands and armies.
Page 122 - None, verily, hath ever let or hindered this the most wise God's mighty deed of magic, Whereby with all their flood, the lucid rivers fill not one sea wherein they pour their waters.
Page 129 - Ansumati river with ten thousand troops. Indra of his own wisdom became cognizant of this loud-yelling chief. He destroyed the marauding host for the benefit of men.
Page 99 - HYMN) 1. MAY they ascend, the lowest, highest, midmost, the fathers who deserve a share of soma. May they who have attained the life of spirits, gentle and righteous, aid us when we call them. 2. Now let us pay this homage to the Fathers, to those who passed of old and those who followed, Those who have rested in the earthly region, and those who dwell among the mighty races.
Page 106 - As conscious that her limbs are bright with bathing, she stands, as 'twere, erect that we may see her.
Page 133 - I ask, unknowing, those who know, the sages as one all, ignorant for sake of knowledge. What was that One who in the unborn's image...