| Fitzedward Hall - 1864 - 388 pages
...rendered, by Sir Wm. Jones: "The waters are called narafi , 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 Narayaria, or moving on the waters." Now, although there can be little doubt that this... | |
| Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 366 pages
...forefather of all spirits. 10. The waters are called ncird, 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 NA'RA'TANA, or moving on the waters. 11. From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the... | |
| Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1038 pages
...of 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. Narayana in his watery cradle, is a most mystical and profound . subject : his boat-shaped... | |
| Sir John William Dawson - 1877 - 468 pages
...Brahma the forefather of spirits. " 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 named Narayana, or moving on the waters. In the egg Brahma remained a year, and caused the... | |
| Sir John William Dawson - 1877 - 472 pages
...Brahma the forefather of spirits. "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 named Narayana, or moving on the waters. In the egg Brahma remained a year, and caused the... | |
| Abraham Fornander - 1878 - 294 pages
...thought he created the waters; ' the waters 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 Ndrdyana, or moving on the waters.' .... The Hindu legislator proceeds to tell, that... | |
| John Francis Arundell (12th baron Arundell of Wardour.) - 1879 - 212 pages
...rendered by Sir W. Jones.] ' The waters are called " narah" 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." Now although there can be little doubt that this... | |
| Aaron Walker - 1880 - 506 pages
...like the luminary with a thousand beams; AND IN THAT EGG HE WAS BOEN HIMSELF IN THE FORM OF BRAHMA THE GREAT FOREFATHER OF ALL SPIRITS. 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... | |
| George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1880 - 318 pages
...waters were called nara, because they were produced by Nara, the " Spirit of God " moving on them, and since they were his first ayana or " place of motion," he is hence called Narayana, or " moving on the waters." That the human race might be created he caused the... | |
| George Clifford Whitworth - 1885 - 378 pages
...spirit moving on the waters. ' The waters 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 Narayana, or moving on the waters ' (Manu, i. 10). After the notion of trimurti or... | |
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