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Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic Classic Reprint
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Author : William Joseph Wilkins
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-12
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic Classic Reprint written by William Joseph Wilkins and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-12 with categories.
Excerpt from Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purânic By the introduction of afull index it is to be hoped that this work will serve as a classical dictionary of India; whilst the classification of the gods will enable the student to obtain a general View of Hindu mythology, and of the relation in which one deity stands to others. And as many legends are given at some.length, the book can hardly fail to be interesting to the general reader, who may not have time or Opportunity to refer to the sacred writings from which they are taken. A word of explanation respecting the classification of the deities is called for. It will be noticed that some of those described as belonging to the Vedic Age appear under the same or other names in the Purinas whilst others spoken of as belong ing to the Puranic Age have their origin, traceable indeed with difficulty in some cases, in the Vedas. The Vedic gods are those whose description is cfiiefly to be found in the Vedas, and whose worship was more general in the Vedic Age the Puranic are those who are more fully described in the Puranas, and whose worship was more general in the Puranic Age. Any very rigid classifica tion it would be impossible to make.w. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic Illustrated
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Author : William Joseph Wilkins
language : en
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Release Date : 1882
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic Illustrated written by William Joseph Wilkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Hindu goddesses categories.
Vedic Mythology Classic Reprint
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Author : A. A. Macdonell
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-07
Vedic Mythology Classic Reprint written by A. A. Macdonell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from Vedic Mythology Characteristics of Vedic mythology. - Vedic mythology occupies a very important position in the study of the history of religions. Its oldest source presents to us an earlier stage in the evolution of beliefs based on the personification and worship of natural phenomena, than any other literary monument of the world. To this oldest phase can be traced by uninterrupted development the germs of the religious beliefs of the great majority of the modem Indians, the only branch of the Indo-European race in which its original nature worship has not been entirely supplanted many centuries ago by a foreign monotheistic faith. The earliest stage of Vedic mythology is not so primitive as was at one time supposed, but it is sufficiently primitive to enable us to see clearly enough the process of personification by which natural phenomena developed into gods, a process not apparent in other literatures. The mythology, no less than the language, is still transparent enough in many cases to show the connexion both of the god and his name with a physical basis; nay, in several instances the anthropomorphism is only incipient. Thus usas, the dawn, is also a goddess wearing but a thin veil of personification; and when agni, fire, designates the god, the personality of the deity is thoroughly interpenetrated by the physical element. The foundation on which Vedic mythology rests, is still the belief, surviving from a remote antiquity, that all the objects and phenomena of nature with which man is surrounded, are animate and divine. Everything that impressed the soul with awe or was regarded as capable of exercising a good or evil influence on man, might in the Vedic age still become a direct object not only of adoration but of prayer. Heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, plants might be supplicated as divine powers; the horse, the cow, the bird of omen, and other animals might be invoked; even objects fashioned by the hand of man, weapons, the war-car, the drum, the plough, as well as ritual implements, such as the pressing-stones and the sacrificial post, might be adored. This lower form of worship, however, occupies but a small space in Vedic religion. The true gods of the Veda are glorified human beings, inspired with human motives and passions, born like men, but immortal. They are almost without exception the deified representatives of the phenomena or agencies of nature. The degree of anthropomorphism to which they have attained, however, varies considerably. When the name of the god is the same as that of his natural basis, the personification has not advanced beyond the rudimentary stage. Such is the case with Dyaus, Heaven, Prthivi, Earth, Surya, Sun, Usas, Dawn, whose names represent the double character of natural phenomena and of the persons presiding over them. Similarly in the case of the two great ritual deities, Agni and Soma, the personifying imagination is held in check by the visible and tangible character of the element of fire and the sacrificial draught, called by the same names, of which they are the divine embodiments. When the name of the deity is different from that of the physical substrate, he tends to become dissociated from the latter, the anthropomorphism being then more developed. Thus the Maruts or Storm-gods are farther removed from their origin than Vayu, Wind, though the Vedic poets are still conscious of the connexion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Purbnic
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Author : William J. Wilkins
language : en
Publisher: Elibron Classics
Release Date : 2001-12
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Purbnic written by William J. Wilkins and has been published by Elibron Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12 with categories.
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Thacker, Spink & Co., 1882, Calcutta
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic
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Author : William J. Wilkins
language : en
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Release Date : 1983
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Pur Nic written by William J. Wilkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
The Vish U Pura A
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Author : H. H. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-09-15
The Vish U Pura A written by H. H. Wilson and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-15 with Religion categories.
Excerpt from The Vishńu Purańa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition To insert here a list of the numerous publications bearing on the Vedas, that have appeared since the date of this preface, 1840, would be beside the purpose of my notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Vedic Mythology
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Author : Arthur Anthony Macdonell
language : en
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Release Date : 2022
Vedic Mythology written by Arthur Anthony Macdonell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Gods, Vedic categories.
A Classical Dictionary Of Hindu Mythology And Religion Geography History And Literature
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Author : John Dowson
language : en
Publisher: London, Trübner
Release Date : 1879
A Classical Dictionary Of Hindu Mythology And Religion Geography History And Literature written by John Dowson and has been published by London, Trübner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Hindu mythology categories.
Hindu Mythology Vedic And Puranic
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Author : Wilkins William Joseph
language : en
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Release Date : 1901
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The Myths And Gods Of India
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Author : Alain Danielou
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Release Date : 2017-01-01
The Myths And Gods Of India written by Alain Danielou and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with Religion categories.