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... bear the name by Dr. Joseph Bornm ller , of hum , huma , and yahma . This supposition is confirmed a botanist long resident in Kerman , who identifies the Soma plant with some kind of Ephedra , probably Ephedra distachya , but who ...
... bear the name by Dr. Joseph Bornm ller , of hum , huma , and yahma . This supposition is confirmed a botanist long resident in Kerman , who identifies the Soma plant with some kind of Ephedra , probably Ephedra distachya , but who ...
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... bear in common the name of Adityas . We must , however , if we would discover their earliest character , abandon the conceptions which in a later age , and even in that of the heroic poems , were entertained regarding th se deities ...
... bear in common the name of Adityas . We must , however , if we would discover their earliest character , abandon the conceptions which in a later age , and even in that of the heroic poems , were entertained regarding th se deities ...
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... bear us with war - steeds through the fight , And with the singers win the spoil . 10 Help , thou who knowest lauds , this work , this eulogy to Rudra , him 10 Son of Strength : the appellation is of frequent oc- currence , and is ...
... bear us with war - steeds through the fight , And with the singers win the spoil . 10 Help , thou who knowest lauds , this work , this eulogy to Rudra , him 10 Son of Strength : the appellation is of frequent oc- currence , and is ...
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... bear , didst worship mighty Gods . 4 Agni thou madest heaven to thunder for mankind ; thou , yet more pious , for pious Pururavas . 20 We are reminded of the old Grecian myth of Eos and Tithonus . Ușas , Dawn , or Morning , is the ...
... bear , didst worship mighty Gods . 4 Agni thou madest heaven to thunder for mankind ; thou , yet more pious , for pious Pururavas . 20 We are reminded of the old Grecian myth of Eos and Tithonus . Ușas , Dawn , or Morning , is the ...
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... bear off Vrtra's nameless body the foe of Indra sank to during darkness . 11 Guarded by Ahi stood the thralls of Dāsas , the waters stayed like kine held by the robber . But he , when he had smitten Vṛtra , open- ed the cave wherein the ...
... bear off Vrtra's nameless body the foe of Indra sank to during darkness . 11 Guarded by Ahi stood the thralls of Dāsas , the waters stayed like kine held by the robber . But he , when he had smitten Vṛtra , open- ed the cave wherein the ...
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according to Sāyaṇa Aditi Adityas Agni Angirases Aryaman Asura Asvins battle Bay Steeds Bhaga blessings born bounteous bounty Brahmanaspati Bṛhaspati bright bring Bull cattle chariot courser cows Dasyus Dawn Deities demon drink dwelling earth and heaven Father favour firmament flow foes Friend gifts give glory Goddess hath Heaven and Earth Hero hither holy horses HYMN Immortal Indra Indu invoked kine King Kutsa laud libations light lofty Lord Ludwig Maghavan Maruts meaning meath mighty milk Mitra mortal Mother oblation offered Parjanya poured praise prayer priests purified Puşan rain Rbhus Ṛgveda riches rites rivers Rși Rudra sacred grass sacrifice Sage Savitar Sayana Sāyaṇa explains shine sing singers slay Soma juice Soma Pavamāna song splendour stanza streams strength strong Surya sweet swift thee thine thou art thou hast thunder translates treasure unto Varuna Vasistha Vasus Vayu vigour Vṛtra waters wealth Wilson worship