Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
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Page 340
... have a name of similar import , viz . a pounder . Jupiter Pistor , too , was originally the god who crushes with the thunderbolt ( Preller , Rō- character of the Maruts , the companions of Indra in 340 THE ROOT MAR .
... have a name of similar import , viz . a pounder . Jupiter Pistor , too , was originally the god who crushes with the thunderbolt ( Preller , Rō- character of the Maruts , the companions of Indra in 340 THE ROOT MAR .
Page 341
... Indra in his daily battle with Vṛitra , it is easy to discover the germs of martial deities . The same root would fully explain the Latin Mars , Martis , and , considering the uncertain character of the initial m , the Greek Áres ...
... Indra in his daily battle with Vṛitra , it is easy to discover the germs of martial deities . The same root would fully explain the Latin Mars , Martis , and , considering the uncertain character of the initial m , the Greek Áres ...
Page 342
... Indra as the conqueror of winter , as the destroyer of darkness , as the constant victor in the battle against the hostile powers of nature , then he , as the leader of the Maruts , who act as his army , assumes a more marked similarity ...
... Indra as the conqueror of winter , as the destroyer of darkness , as the constant victor in the battle against the hostile powers of nature , then he , as the leader of the Maruts , who act as his army , assumes a more marked similarity ...
Page 388
... Indra , of the Rohits as the horses of Agni or fire . After a time the etymological meaning of these words was lost sight of , and hari and harit became traditional names for the horses which either repre- 1 M. M.'s Essay on Comparative ...
... Indra , of the Rohits as the horses of Agni or fire . After a time the etymological meaning of these words was lost sight of , and hari and harit became traditional names for the horses which either repre- 1 M. M.'s Essay on Comparative ...
Page 391
... Indra , mentioned in the Brahmaņas , & c . 2 Cf. Ápyâ yóshâ , Rv . x . 10 , 4 ; ápyâ yóshaṇâ , 11 , 2 . 3 Kuhn , Zeitschrift , i . 518 , x . 125. The same change of one deity into many took place in the case of the Moira , or fate . The ...
... Indra , mentioned in the Brahmaņas , & c . 2 Cf. Ápyâ yóshâ , Rv . x . 10 , 4 ; ápyâ yóshaṇâ , 11 , 2 . 3 Kuhn , Zeitschrift , i . 518 , x . 125. The same change of one deity into many took place in the case of the Moira , or fate . The ...
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