Essays on the Religion and Philosophy of the HindusWilliams and Norgate, 1858 - 325 páginas |
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Essays on the religion and philosophy of the Hindus. A new ed Henry-Thomas Colebrooke Vista completa - 1858 |
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abode according affirmed ancient ANGIRAS aphorisms atoms attainment Bauddhas Bhash body Brahmana Brahme bride bridegroom called CAPILA Cár cause ceremony chapter cited commentary commentator comprises consecrated consists cusa grass Darśana deceased deity denominated distinct divine doctrine dost earth efficacious elements entitled essay eternal ether fire five fourth age Gayatri gloss gods hand heaven Hindus holy hymns Ibid immortal Indian INDRA intellect JAIMINI Jainas Jina king knowledge lecture likewise meditation MENU Méru Mimánsá mode moon notion Nyaya objects oblation organs origin orthodox passage PATANJALI performed person present priest purána qualities recited religious Rigvéda rites Royal Asiatic Society Sác'há sacrifice Salutation Sámavéda Sánc'hya SANCARA saying scholia scholiast sect sense solemn soul substance supreme Sútr sútras tantra termed thee thou art tila treatises tribe universe Upanishad Vaisya VARUNA Védánta Védántins Védas vessel VISHNU Vrihad worship YAJNYAWALCYA Yajurvéda Yajush
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Página 81 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed : that seed became an egg bright as gold, blazing like the luminary with a thousand beams ; and in that egg he was born himself, in the form of Brahma, the great forefather of all spirits.
Página 38 - She was changed into a mare, and he into a stallion ; one was turned into a female ass, and the other into a male one : thus did he again approach her ; and the one-hoofed kind was the offspring. She became a female goat, and he a male one ; she was an ewe, and he a ram : thus he approached her; and goats and sheep were the progeny. In this manner did he create every existing pair whatsoever, even to the ants [and minutest insects].
Página 83 - eye of the sun, of water, and of fire, collective power of " gods ; he fills heaven, earth, and sky, with his luminous " net ; he is the soul of all which is fixed or locomotive." 3d. " That eye, supremely beneficial, rises pure from the " east ; may we see him a hundred years ; may we live a " hundred years ; may we hear a hundred years." 4th. " May we, preserved by the divine power, contemplating heaven above the region of darkness, approach the deity, '
Página 238 - The term which the Bauddhas, as well as Jainas, more particularly affect, and which, however, is also used by the rest, is nirvana, profound calm. In its ordinary acceptation, as an adjective, it signifies extinct, as a fire which is gone out ; set, as a luminary which has gone down ; defunct, as a saint who has passed away ; its etymology is from vd, to blow as wind, with the preposition nir used in a negative sense : it means calm and unruffled.
Página 176 - When separation of the informed soul from its corporeal frame at length takes place, and nature in respect of it ceases, then is absolute and final deliverance accom"plished."|| " Thus," concludes the Carica, " this abstruse knowledge, " adapted to the liberation of soul, wherein the origin, dura• Car.
Página 17 - Darkness there was ; (for) this universe was enveloped with darkness, and was undistinguishable (like fluids mixed in) waters ; but that mass, which was covered by the husk, was (at length) produced by the power of contemplation. First, desire was formed in his mind, and that became the original productive seed ; which the wise, recognising it by the intellect in their hearts, distinguish, in nonentity, as the bond of entity.
Página 71 - Om! Let these women, not to be widowed, good wives, adorned with collyrium, holding clarified butter, consign themselves to the fire. Immortal, not childless, nor husbandless, well adorned with gems, let them pass into fire, whose original element is water.
Página 83 - And it should be afterwards recited measure by measure ; then the two first measures as one hemistich, and the third measure as the other ; and, lastly, the three measures without interruption. The same text is then invoked in these words : " Divine text, who dost grant our best wishes, whose name is trisyllable, whose import is the " power of the Supreme Being ; come, thou mother of the " Vedas, who didst spring from BRAHME, be constant here.
Página 133 - Be gentle in thy aspect, and loyal to thy husband ; be fortunate in cattle: amiable in 'thy mind, and beautiful in thy person ; be mother of surviving sons ; be assiduous at the [five] sacraments ; be cheerful ; and bring prosperity to our bipeds and quadrupeds.
Página 194 - It is asked whether a paramount sovereign shall give all the land, including pasture ground, highways, and the site of lakes and ponds ; an universal monarch, the whole earth ; and a subordinate prince, the entire province over which he rules ? To that question the answer is : the monarch has not property in the earth, nor the subordinate prince in the land. By conquest kingly power is obtained and property in house and field which belonged to the enemy. The maxim of the law, that the king is lord...