The Gods of India: A Brief Description of Their History, Character & WorshipJ.M. Dent, 1914 - 330 pages |
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The Gods of India: A Brief Description of Their History, Character & Worship E. Osborn Martin Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
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Agni Ajodhya animals Aryan austerities AVATĀRA beautiful became become Benares Bharat Hitaishi Bhrigu body born Brahman brothers Buddha Buddhist called caste ceremonies Chaitanya creatures dancing dead death deity demons devotion divine Draupadi Durgā earth elephant evil father festival fire Ganesha Ganges Garuda goddess godlings gods Hanuman head heaven Hindu Mythology Hindu Pantheon Hindu Triad Hinduism holy honour human husband hymns incarnation of Vishnu India Indra Jagannath Kālī Kāma king Krishna Lakshmi legend linga living lord Mahābhārata Manu marriage Messrs mighty Monier Williams monkeys moon mother mountain Muttra night offered Pārvati pilgrims priests prince propitiated Purāna Rāma Rāmāyana Rāvana religion religious represented Rig-Veda Rishis rites river sacred sacrifice sage saint Sarasvati says shrine Sītā Śiva Śiva's Soma soul spirits stone story Supreme temple thee thou to-day tree Varuna Vedas Vedic village wander wife Wilkins worship Yama
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Page 295 - These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us : Though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects : love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide : in cities, mutinies ; in countries, discord ; in palaces, treason ; and the bond cracked 'twixt son and father.
Page 164 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made.
Page 22 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the...
Page 142 - He is small and weak, his flesh and his blood are dried up, his muscles stick to his skin, his head is white, his teeth chatter, his body is wasted away ; leaning on his stick he is hardly able to walk, stumbling at every step. Is there something peculiar in his family, or is this the common lot of all created beings ? " '
Page 51 - Aryan people, whose whole religion was a worship of the wonderful powers and phenomena of nature, had no sooner perceived that this liquid had power to elevate the spirits and produce a temporary frenzy, under the influence of which the individual was prompted to, and capable of, deeds beyond his natural powers, than they found in it something divine...
Page 142 - that man is sinking under old age, his senses have become obtuse, suffering has destroyed his strength, and he is despised by his relations. He is without support and useless, and people have abandoned him, like a dead tree in a forest. But this is not peculiar to his family. In every creature, youth is defeated by old age. Your father, your mother, all your relations, all your friends, will come to the same state ; this is the appointed end of all creatures.
Page 55 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew And saw the lion's shadow ere himself And ran dismayed away. LORENZO. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea banks and waft her love To come again to Carthage. JESSICA. In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs That did renew old Aeson.
Page 208 - Roamed onwards, fasting, with their faces towards the east ; their hearts Yearning for union with the Infinite ; bent on abandonment Of worldly things. They wandered on to many countries, many a sea And river. Yudhi-shthira walked in front, and next to him came Bhima, And Arjuna came after him, and then, in order, the twin brothers.
Page 58 - ... must die, must tread the path That thou hast trod — the path by which each race of men, In long succession, and our fathers too, have passed. Soul of the dead ! depart ; fear not to take the road — The ancient road — by which thy ancestors have gone ; Ascend to meet the god — to meet thy happy fathers, Who dwell in bliss with him. Fear not to pass the guards — The four-eyed brindled dogs — that watch for the departed. Return unto thy home, 0 soul ! Thy sin and shame Leave thou behind...
Page 58 - Open thy arms, O earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure and with loving welcome. Enshroud him tenderly, e'en as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves.
