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... Waters ' Offspring Savitar son or offspring of the Waters , apam napāt , is an epithet more frequently applied to Agni . Sayana explains it otherwise as ' one who does not cherish ( na pälakam ) the water , but dries it up with his heat ...
... Waters ' Offspring Savitar son or offspring of the Waters , apam napāt , is an epithet more frequently applied to Agni . Sayana explains it otherwise as ' one who does not cherish ( na pälakam ) the water , but dries it up with his heat ...
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... Waters gathered near the Sun , and those wherewith the Sun is joined , Speed forth this sacrifice of ours . 18 I call the Waters , Goddesses , wherein our cattle quench their thirst ; Oblations to the Streams be given . 19 Amrit is in ...
... Waters gathered near the Sun , and those wherewith the Sun is joined , Speed forth this sacrifice of ours . 18 I call the Waters , Goddesses , wherein our cattle quench their thirst ; Oblations to the Streams be given . 19 Amrit is in ...
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... Waters hold all medicines . 21 O Waters , teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm , So that I long may see the Sun. 22 Whatever sin is found in me , whatever evil I have wrought . If I have lied or falsely sworn , Waters ...
... Waters hold all medicines . 21 O Waters , teem with medicine to keep my body safe from harm , So that I long may see the Sun. 22 Whatever sin is found in me , whatever evil I have wrought . If I have lied or falsely sworn , Waters ...
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... waters free , and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through . I. This man the institutor of the sacrifice . He : Indra . 2. The flood : ( samudrá ) any large gathering of waters not necessarily the sea or occan . The holy synod ...
... waters free , and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through . I. This man the institutor of the sacrifice . He : Indra . 2. The flood : ( samudrá ) any large gathering of waters not necessarily the sea or occan . The holy synod ...
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... waters feed with praise the growing Babe , born nobly in the womb , the seat of Law . 3 Like grateful food , like some wide dwelling- place , like a fruit - bearing hill , a whole- some stream . Like a steed urged to run in swift career ...
... waters feed with praise the growing Babe , born nobly in the womb , the seat of Law . 3 Like grateful food , like some wide dwelling- place , like a fruit - bearing hill , a whole- some stream . Like a steed urged to run in swift career ...
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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