Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 1863Scribner's Sons, 1864 - 622 pages |
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... Indra , when destroying his enemies , with Dyu as wielding the thunderbolt.1 If with this hymn we compare passages of other hymns , we see even more clearly how the idea of Indra , the conquering hero of the thunderstorm , led with the ...
... Indra , when destroying his enemies , with Dyu as wielding the thunderbolt.1 If with this hymn we compare passages of other hymns , we see even more clearly how the idea of Indra , the conquering hero of the thunderstorm , led with the ...
Page 451
... Indra the divine Dyu bowed , before Indra bowed the great Prithivî . ” Again , i . 61 , 9 : 2 « The greatness of Indra indeed exceeded the heavens ( i . e . dyaus ) , the earth , and the air . " i . 54 , 4 : 3 " Thou hast caused the top ...
... Indra the divine Dyu bowed , before Indra bowed the great Prithivî . ” Again , i . 61 , 9 : 2 « The greatness of Indra indeed exceeded the heavens ( i . e . dyaus ) , the earth , and the air . " i . 54 , 4 : 3 " Thou hast caused the top ...
Page 515
... Indra and Agni . Yet , as if to leave no doubt that Indra , at all events , coincides in some of his exploits with one of the Aśvins or Nasatyas , one of the Vedic poets uses the compound Indra Nasatyau , Indra and Nâsatya , which , on ...
... Indra and Agni . Yet , as if to leave no doubt that Indra , at all events , coincides in some of his exploits with one of the Aśvins or Nasatyas , one of the Vedic poets uses the compound Indra Nasatyau , Indra and Nâsatya , which , on ...
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Agni Alphabet ancient Angiras Anglo-Saxon Aryan languages aspirates Asvins breath bright called conception consonantal consonants cows Curtius dawn deity dental derived dialects distinct divine doubt Dyaus earth English etymology express father French German glottis gods Gothic Grammar Grammatik Greek Grimm Grimm's law guage guttural Hawaian heaven hence Homer horse hymn idea Indra Italian Kafir Kuhn Kuhn's Zeitschrift labial Latin letters likewise Maruts meaning meant originally metaphor mind modern mother myth mythology nations nature never night noun Old High-German Old Norse philosophers phonetic poets Polynesian pronounced religion Rig-Veda Roman root Sanskrit Sarama Saranyû Savitar Saxon Science of Language sense skrit soft sonant sound speak speech spiritus asper spiritus lenis spoken supposed syllable tenuis Teutonic things thought tion tongue trace Tuisco twins Varuna Veda verb vibrations Vivasvat vowels words Yama Zeus δὲ καὶ τῶν