A History of India from the Earliest Times: Vol. 1: From the Age of the Rgveda to the Rise of Buddhism, Volume 11914 - India - 314 pages |
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Abhimanyu according Agni Aitareya ancient Arjuna army Aryans Asuras Atharvaveda battle became Bharata Bhima born Brahma Brāhmaṇa Bṛhaspati brother called cattle ceremony CHAPTER chariot chief civilisation cows Dasyus daughter dawn deities descendants Divodāsa Draupadi Dravidians Drona Drupada Duryodhana earliest earth enemy fact father favour fire forests Gāndhāra give gods Haihayas heaven horses hymn India Indra Indus Karna Kauravas king kingdom known Kṛṣṇa Kṛttikās Kṣatriya Lakṣmaṇa later Mahabharata Mandala married Matsya mentioned mighty Mitra mountains named offered opinion Pañchālas Pandavas Parva performed period priest princes Prof Punjab Purāṇa Purāņas Pūru race Rākṣasas Rāma Rāmāyaṇa Ravana referred regarding reign Ṛgveda river ruled ruler sacrifice Sahadeva Sanskrit settled ship Sītā Solar dynasty Soma sons story succeeded territory thee thereof thou tion tribes Upanisads Vasistha Vayu Vedas Vedic verses village Viṣṇu Viśvāmitra Vṛtra warrior waters wife word worship Yadavas Yudhisthira Zend Avesta
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Page 157 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 158 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Page 157 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 159 - And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Page 158 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Page 159 - Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark...
Page 159 - Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons
Page 157 - And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of; the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second and third stories shalt thou make it.
Page 169 - May I be many, may I grow forth." It sent forth fire. That fire thought, " May I be many, may I grow forth.
Page 159 - And the Lord smelled a sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.