 | 1888 - 536 pages
...a thought created the waters. The waters are called nara, because they are the production of Nara, the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is called Narayana, or " moving on the waters." From that which is, the First Cause, not the... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Jones - 1909 - 348 pages
...are called Nara, or the Spirit of God, ' and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters,' and since they were his first Ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters."9 Sir William Jones, the great Oriental scholar,... | |
 | E. Osborn Martin - 1914 - 444 pages
...Manu (ch. i., v. 10), " The waters are called Nara, because they were the first production of Nara, or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first " ayana," or place of motion, he is called Narayana, or " moving on the waters." 2 Light is also connected with Vishnu as light is said... | |
 | Stephen Haley Allen - 1916 - 1238 pages
...forefather of all spirits. 10. "The waters are called nard, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters. 11. "From that which is, the first cause, not the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1849 - 456 pages
...like the luminary with a thousand beams, and in that egg he was himself born, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits. The waters were...the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first place of motion, he is thence named Narayana. A rude version of this legend is still preserved in the... | |
 | Edward Moor - 1999 - 702 pages
...MENU, c 1. v. 10. — "The waters are called Nara, because they were the first production of NARA, or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first...of motion, he is thence named NARAYANA, or moving on the waters." It is commonly understood, in the pictures where BRAHMA is seen seated on a lotos issuing... | |
 | France, Bryant Barrett - 2004 - 558 pages
...forefather of all spirits (7). " The waters are called Ndrd, because they were the production " of NAHA, or the spirit of GOD ; and since they were his first " Ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named NABAYANA, or " moving on the waters (8). (1) Ch..i. art. 1 to 4. (2) The words in italics... | |
 | John William Draper - 1876 - 452 pages
...thought created the waters. The waters are so called (nara) because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Narayana, or moving on the waters. From that which is the first cause, not the object... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1797 - 552 pages
...upon it. " The waters," says Menu, " are called ndrd, because they were the production of NARA, or the spirit of GOD; and since they were his first Ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named N A'RA'YANA, or moving on the waters." ff One of the Hindoo fables, related by father... | |
 | 1830 - 606 pages
...Jones's translation, that " the waters were called ndrd because they were the production of Nar» (or the Spirit of God), and since they were his first ayana (or place of motion) he thence is named Nitrdyanti (or moving on the waters}." t De Guy's Letters on Greece, vip 230. { History... | |
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The waters were called nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Nayrayana, or moving on the waters. 
