| 单词 | Veda |
| 例句 | This diagram from the Atharva Veda shows how to place a triangular fire pot to make an offering to Durga. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “It says in the Vedas, ‘He who plants a tree will have his reward.’ Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Cultivation of this plant has been a part of Indian cuisine and culture since the time of the Vedas, appearing in early scriptures from 1500 B.C. and thereafter. The surprising history of bhang, India’s edible cannabis drink 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z This gem of text from the Hindu hymns of the Rig Veda — “There was neither nonexistence nor existence then” — rises through unrelated but pleasingly consonant parallel harmonies, familiar from minimalism, but with an earworm catchiness. Review | A giant meditation on creation fills the Kennedy Center Concert Hall 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Veda and her family will receive four tickets to “The Princess & the Pauper — A Bollywood Tale,” a production of Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland. Veda Kalidindi, 13, of McLean, Virginia, wins 2017 KidsPost News Quiz 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Which isn't to say that I find Veda wholly plausible or implausible. As is the case with Iago, this is not an either-or proposition. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z If you have never considered the difference between talent and genius, Veda's rant might seem unjustified here. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z The classic staircase showdown between Veda and Mildred is the film's most famous and shocking scene. Clip joint: Mothers 2012-06-06T16:00:00Z Weeks before the ceremony, Veda Ambeau, a seamstress and the owner of Shirley’s Designs & Alterations in Oakland, came to the rescue and completed the final adjustments. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z And while I found the broad arguments at the beginning and end of this book to be fascinating and persuasive, I yawned periodically over details of the Rig Veda, neo-Confucians or Sikh ideology. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The designer of the Veda clothing collection adores traditional holiday fabrics such as velvet, lurex, lace and beaded silks year-round, so for the holiday season she goes the nonflashy route and sticks to monochromatic dressing. Plaid scarves, fleece-lined boots and pea coats won't do 2011-12-05T17:18:31Z I wanted to be comfortable on the plane but still feel cute, so I wore a Michelle Jonas long-sleeved thermal dress over a pair of leggings and brought a Veda black leather jacket. What I Wore : What Heather Graham Wore 2013-04-26T22:43:38Z Veda loves sticking figurative knives in her mother's gut or back and then twisting them. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Mildred’s tortured relationship with her spoiled daughter, Veda, is an even darker variation on the classic younger woman/older woman rivalries that fueled “All About Eve,” “Bonjour Tristesse” and even “The Bad Seed.” | 'Mildred Pierce': Battling the Depression for an Ungrateful Daughter 2011-03-24T11:00:00Z The human voice deployed to recite the Vedas and later aid the temple dancers was paramount before any instruments emerged. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z Of the whiz kids who answered all 10 questions correctly, we randomly chose Veda Kalidindi of McLean, Virginia, as the winner. Veda Kalidindi, 13, of McLean, Virginia, wins 2017 KidsPost News Quiz 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z There were a few points in the final two hours where I felt sorry for Veda, because she is obviously a deeply, perhaps chronically unhappy person. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Yet, the four classical elements are one of civilization’s great unifiers, a cosmological theory shared by the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Mahabhuta, the Kongo cosmogram, the Indigenous medicine wheel and the zodiac. ‘Elemental’ Review: Sparks Fly 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Most notably, the book lacks the murder plot that was invented for the film and focuses on the tortured, sometimes melodramatic, relationship between Pierce and her daughter Veda, played by Evan Rachel Wood. Winslet takes on Joan Crawford in new "Mildred Pierce" 2011-03-24T14:02:36Z Some people are like that; they're usually not as talented as Veda, or as much of a self-dramatizing chatterbox, but they do exist. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Expertise was passed among a small, elite group with intimate knowledge of the ancient Veda texts. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z From the Vedas to “Dianetics,” scripture is a literary category that defies genre. The Book of Mormon: the Great American Bible 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Veda Tunstall, a descendant and one-time real estate agent, wonders what new version of exploitation will arise out of the ship’s discovery. ‘Descendant’ Review: The Fates of a Ship and its Captives 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Finally, how do you feel about the character of Mildred's elder daughter, Veda, played by Morgan Turner in the early episodes, and Evan Rachel Wood later on? Welcome to the "Mildred Pierce" club 2011-03-28T13:29:00Z By which I mean that Veda is a rhetorical device, as my friend said, but she's also a character, one that seems horribly, at times pathetically human. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Helpfully, the downtown New York label Veda has released a wearable reminder: two tees in pink or white bearing the words “Thank You.” Who Said Fashion People Don’t Like Food? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z His questions instead prompt suggestive insights on the relevant theme from the great books of the world: Homer, Plato, the Sanskrit Vedas, the Hebrew Talmud, the Christian Gospels, the Persian and Arabic classics. Cabinet of curiosity 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Instead, Morris remembers baddies who have been forgotten, and for good reason, such as Captain Law, Veda the Cobra Woman and the Horrible Hand — yep, that villain is actually an evil disembodied hand. The most regrettable comic book villains and who they resemble in the Trump administration 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The origins of Indian classical music, not unlike their western counterparts, lie in the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures of 2,000 years ago. Ravi Shankar's music was a world apart from the hippy culture that embraced it 2012-12-12T16:00:00Z Vedas were sung in rituals to celebrate a pantheon of gods representing various aspects of nature and human life and were a useful way of teaching, given that the Aryans were illiterate. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The supreme being from whom the universe emerged, Brahman, appears in the ancient sacred writings known as the Vedas without gender. For India’s ‘third sex’, acceptance mired in colonial past 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “There was initial excitement because it was big news,” said Veda Tunstall, one of the film’s most vocal subjects. How passed-down memories become full American history in 'Descendant' 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z It has been used in prayers of the Rig Veda, the oldest of Hindu scriptures. Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z To descendant Veda Tunstall, however, who hears her mother refer to feeling a “completeness,” the threat of further erasure posed by powerful outside opportunists seeking to profit from their community’s potential gives her optimism pause. Review: 'Descendant' pays powerful witness to the legacy of the slave ship the Clotilda 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The Vedas, along with poems and prayers, were first transmitted orally from one generation to the next; later they were recorded in the written language of Sanskrit. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The four Vedas are the oldest of the Hindu scriptures. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Cannabis is named as one of the most sacred plants on Earth in the Atharva Veda, one of the four foundational texts of Hinduism, and is still widely consumed at Indian religious festivals and ceremonies. This pastor wants to promote the spiritual side of marijuana 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z The faithful recite daily verses from the Vedas. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z According to archaeologist and culinary anthropologist Kurush F Dalal, chutneys are characterized by pounding or crushing the ingredients together, a concept mentioned throughout the Vedas, ancient Hindu texts. Bright, savory Indian chutneys add a burst of flavor to sandwiches and more 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z In this way, Brahmanism emerged as Hinduism, which retained the caste system and belief in the Vedas while also offering a prescription for common followers seeking to live a moral and fulfilling life. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Vedas are also called Shruti, which means “hearing” in Sanskrit. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Priests took turns chanting from the Vedas, four ancient scriptural texts, and tending to sacred fires at seven altars. At landmark US Hindu temple, a timely rite of rejuvenation 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z The Vedas are four collections of prayers, magical spells, and instructions for performing rituals. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When I go to Belfast, I always come back with a loaf of Veda bread. There's more to JC Stewart than his viral Friends parody 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z With them came a new religion, Vedic, named for their hymns called Vedas. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Vedanta comprises a number of schools that focus on the Upanishads, and the term itself signifies the end or culmination of the Vedas. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The sheriff’s communications director Veda Coleman-Wright told the Herald in an email that detention deputies encountered Desir after he had cut himself using an unknown object while in the infirmary. Florida inmate dies a week after altercation with jail staff 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The most important of the collections is the Rig Veda. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah Veda bread, and as much potato bread as I can put in my suitcase. There's more to JC Stewart than his viral Friends parody 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The sacred texts of the Indo- Europeans, the Vedas, were the basis on which the religion of Hinduism was built, and their social organization formed the basis for the Hindu caste system. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The earliest philosophical texts in India are the four Vedas. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In Ward 7, incumbent Vincent C. Gray faces a number of challengers, including an impressive attorney, Veda Rasheed, with a focus on combating violence. Opinion | The Post’s 2020 endorsements for the D.C. Council 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z For many years, no written form of the Vedas existed. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Another three people from his office are seeking council seats: Veda Rasheed in Ward 7, Brooke Pinto in Ward 2 and Janeese Lewis George in Ward 4. D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine to seek third term, form public corruption division 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The limited costs to provide updates to the house and meet city code issues were paid for with donated funds from the estate of Veda Rasmussen, a Cedar Falls resident who died in 2017. Cedar Falls studios are ‘like an office for fine arts’ 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z The Seven Sages are partially considered wise men and are said to be the authors of the ancient Indian texts known as the Vedas. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z From Israel she jumps to India for the origins of the Vedas, and then over to China for the earliest scriptures, in the modern sense of written sacred texts: oracle bones. Review | The art and ambiguity of the world’s scriptures 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But Americans do, having suddenly and belatedly awakened to turmeric’s health benefits, some 3,000 years after they were first set down in the Atharva Veda, one of Hinduism’s foundational sacred texts. How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z On the other side of town, in Ward 7, Council member Gray must be keeping a close eye on candidate Veda Rasheed, a lawyer and ANC commissioner. Opinion | It’s the season for politics in the District. But voters will decide who calls the shots. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “Our parents did not feel the need to share grown-folk foolishness with children or to visit it upon them,” Veda said. Kansas residents are looking back to move community forward 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z She was a devoted ascetic and is said to have composed 10 of the hymns in the Rig Veda. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z If you go to the very old Sanskrit documents, like the Vedas, there is nothing prohibiting the eating of beef. Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z She was named Grace at birth by her unwed young mother, and arrived as a toddler to live with George and Veda when they were both 49. Review: Kidnapping was just a family secret in compelling 'Five Days Gone' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z One is the marketing of vaastu shaastra, literally the ‘science of architecture’, a tradition not unlike Chinese feng shui that originated in the Vedas — the earliest Hindu scriptures, dating back more than three millennia. Science and the rise of nationalism in India 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But Veda says she understands now there was more to the story of their growing up than they knew at the time. Kansas residents are looking back to move community forward 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z This ancient school suggests that the Vedas were eternal but without authors. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The project reflects Wilson’s interest in trade and labour and how things are passed on, but also her passion for Veda bread. Blumenthal’s pubic bacteria: is this the future of food? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The three lived with Veda’s mother, whom Betty recalls as “very deaf, frail and alarmingly given to nosebleeds.” Review: Kidnapping was just a family secret in compelling 'Five Days Gone' 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “Any maneuverability these companies had been using to blunt the impact of these tariffs is very likely exhausted,” said Henrietta Treyz, the director of economic policy at the investment advisory firm Veda Partners. Trump Increases China Tariffs as Trade Deal Hangs in the Balance 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z India is no stranger to prominent figures citing ancient Hindu texts like the Puranas and Vedas as ironclad evidence of the country’s technological prowess. India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z This idea is similar to one found in the Indian tradition, where the most important texts, the Vedas, are known as shruti, or works that were heard through divine revelation and only later written down. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The artist Laura Wilson’s project is about Veda bread, a dark brown savoury malt loaf which lights up the faces of people from Northern Ireland but leaves others generally baffled. Blumenthal’s pubic bacteria: is this the future of food? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Hindu right-wingers believe the source of Indian civilisation are people who called themselves Aryans - a nomadic tribe of horse-riding, cattle-rearing warriors and herders who composed Hinduism's oldest religious texts, the Vedas. How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright says the supervisor of elections controls the process. Florida school shooting defendant registered to vote in jail 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Science minister Harsh Vardhan last year said ancient Greeks took credit from India for early mathematical principles and misquoted Stephen Hawking as praising the Vedas for discoveries greater than Einstein’s theory of relativity. India outcry after scientists claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Examples include the Vedas of India, the earliest literature of China, and the Jewish Talmud. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Some can be found growing in a garden behind the research center, adjoining a Disney-style religious theme park, with life-size sculpted figures enacting scenes from the Vedas inside man-made caves. The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Broward Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said in a news release sent Tuesday night that detectives want to ask Robert Allen what he knows about the rapper’s death. ‘Person of interest’ sought in shooting of XXXTentacion 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Sharma said it was a priority to prove through archaeological research the existence of a mystical river, the Saraswati, that is mentioned in another ancient scripture, the Vedas. Special Report: By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to... 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z “Disagreements over both substance and process are driving a wedge between senior House Republicans involved in the tax-writing process and their Senate counterparts,” Henrietta Treyz of investment advisory firm Veda Partners said in a report. Republican unity on U.S. tax overhaul shows sign of fraying 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z This is because for hundreds of years, the Vedas were recited orally. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Theories were grabbed from here and there – including the Hindu Vedas and the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca – who believed fasting both provided a rest for the body and a discipline for the mind. To tackle a conspiracy theory, you have to find it first | Brigid Delaney's diary 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Yoga shares core values with Buddhism and, like Hinduism, recognizes the Vedas as an authoritative source, Chapple said. The only place in the U.S. you can get a master's in Yoga Studies? Los Angeles 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Sharma said it was a priority to prove through archaeological research the existence of a mystical river, the Saraswati, that is mentioned in another ancient scripture, the Vedas. Special Report: By rewriting history, Hindu nationalists aim to... 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z “Disagreements over both substance and process are driving a wedge between senior House Republicans involved in the tax-writing process and their Senate counterparts,” Henrietta Treyz of investment advisory firm Veda Partners said in a report. Republican unity on U.S. tax overhaul shows sign of fraying 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Hindus believe that the Vedas were divinely inspired; priests were orally transmitting the divine word through the generations. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The investment consulting firm Veda Partners advised clients on Tuesday to expect an April 27 hearing on the import tax proposal known as the border adjustment tax, or BAT. U.S. House panel to begin hearings on tax reform next week 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The story was similar for his wife, Veda, who went about 15 years without a doctor’s visit despite persistent breathing problems, he said. Americans worry, cheer as Congress moves to upend the Affordable Care Act 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The idea of India is as old as the Vedas, the earliest Hindu scriptures, which describe “Bharatvarsha” as the land between the Himlayas and the seas. 'But what about the railways ...?' The myth of Britain's gifts to India 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Veda Washington-Abusaleh, one of Sterling’s aunts, stood nearby with a protest poster rolled up in her hands. An American in a Strange Land 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z There is a great deal of debate about the origin of the caste system, but the Rig Veda, the oldest texts in Hinduism’s most sacred scriptures, offer a mythical origin of jati. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright says the man was wanted on charges of aggravated fleeing and eluding authorities. Officials: Deputy shoots, wounds suspect who drove at him 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Veda Washington-Abusaleh cried as she pleaded for an end to violence and mourned the “senseless murder” of three Baton Rouge officers who were slain during a lone gunman’s ambush. Alton Sterling’s Aunt Makes Emotional Plea to End ‘Bloodshed’ 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Sheriff’s spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright says she spoke with Israel who said he was doing fine. Broward sheriff injured after hit by vehicle while jogging 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The Vedas are ancient Hindu scriptures that contain spiritual knowledge and guidance on social, legal, domestic and religious customs. Veda MeLA gathers yoga enthusiasts 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z In one poem in the Rig Veda, primordial man, called Purusha, sacrifices himself to create humanity, and from Purusha’s body the castes are created. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright says the deputies were paid extra when they allowed the club to remain open past its 2 a.m. closing time. 3 South Florida deputies charged in strip club investigation 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z "He was allowed to proceed because he clearly was not driving while intoxicated," said Veda Coleman-Wright, spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff's Office. Florida lawyer sparks debate about rights at DUI checkpoints 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “You are writing a treatise just like the rishis in the past wrote the Vedas and Upanishads,” Mr. Modi said, referring to Hindu sages and the religious scriptures they wrote. Nepal Enthralled by Visit of India Premier, Who Hits ‘the Right Notes’ 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Mart building, the festival celebrated the modern emergence of yoga but within the context of its origins in the Vedas. Veda MeLA gathers yoga enthusiasts 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z “We want them to get it right,” said Veda Rogers of Kansas City, whose husband once worked at the home. Corinthian Hall in Kansas City on the rebound 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Texts describing it were written as appendices to the Vedas, the ancient Hindu scriptures. Ayurvedic medicine: History, basics, treatments and caveats 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Later flights would carry Hindu scriptures called the Veda and the I Ching, an ancient Chinese philosophical work. Using the moon as an off-planet storage site for Earth’s religious, cultural and genetic trappings A copy of the Vedas scriptures and the I Ching might be next. Torah to join the Bible on the surface of the moon 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z The exposition explored yoga and the Vedas through food, lectures, spa treatments, art and literature — and plenty of yoga classes. Veda MeLA gathers yoga enthusiasts 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Her drive and brains build that menial job into ownership of a restaurant chain and the fancy home, clothes and status that Veda thinks is her birthright. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z “In far too many operational scenarios, passengers making phone calls could extend beyond a mere nuisance, creating risks that are far too great,” said Veda Shook of the Association of Flight Attendants. Hello? Let's Talk About Our Dread of In-Flight Phone Calls 2013-12-12T22:50:41Z Around the same time, Indian Vedas concocted a potion they named soma, also believed to ensure immortality. Google Calico and a Brief History of the Immortality Business 2013-09-18T17:55:12Z “It’s absurd, this fixation on the cockpit and the plane being used as a weapon of mass destruction” said Veda Shook, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. Airline workers criticize new TSA policy on small knives 2013-03-08T02:05:28Z A steady stream of quiet, thoughtful people arrive for lectures on the ancient Hindu texts, the Vedas, and chanting sessions. Swami Vivekananda, the yoga missionary 2013-01-18T00:13:25Z Veda wants to be more than moneyed; she wants to be Old Money. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z The Vedas, a collection of texts composed over 3,000 years ago in India, speak of a mythical sacred river called the Sarasvati from which the Hindu goddess of science and learning emerged. Green Blog: An Ancient Civilization, Upended by Climate Change 2012-05-29T15:59:24Z The Vedas give the solution of this problem. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The Vedas, the sacred writings of the Hindoos, according to Sir William Jones the Orientalist, “cannot be denied to have an antiquity the most distant.” The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Now in the Veda, the God of heaven is called Dyashpitai.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z The Gandharvas figure already in the Veda, either as a single divinity, or as a class of genii, conceived of as the body-guard of Soma and as connected with the moon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The lightning song sounds wonderfully like an extract from the Sanscrit, “Rig Veda.” Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z During the whole of this ceremony, the Brahmin always preserved a solemn countenance, and recited the prayers appointed in the Attharna Veda, to propitiate the goddess who superintended the smallpox. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Content, returning good for evil, resistance to sensual appetite, abstinence from illicit gains, knowledge of tbe Vedas, knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, veracity, and freedom from wrath, form the tenfold system of duties. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z I am the light of the sun and the moon; I am ‘Om’ in all the Vedas.... Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The Hindoos have the Vedas and many others, the Persians the Zend Avesta—the Egyptians had the Book of the Dead—the Aztecs the Popol Vuh, and the Mohammedans have the Koran. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z If we had space we would like to quote also from the Vedas. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Mantra, man′tra, n. a Vedic hymn of praise: the matter of the Sanhita or first division of the Veda: a sacred text used as an incantation. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The ablutions and devotions of the Brahman being now over, he came to the shop in wet clothes reciting holy texts of the Vedas. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z I should like here to refer to a passage in the Vedas, where it is said: “As in this world hungry infants press round their mother; so do all beings await the holy oblation.” The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The Vedas contain a list of therapeutic agents used in the treatment of gynaecological diseases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Much more similar language may be found in their holy bible, the Vedas. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The Vedanta philosophy must here evidently be excepted; for to this Buddhism is as much opposed as to the old Indian religion of the Vedas. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z For pure, unadulterated malevolence, the Vedas, the Shaster, the Zend-Avesta, afford no parallel for this truly Christian doctrine. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z The Vedas and Puranas have no better simile than a dream for the whole knowledge of the actual world, which they call the web of Mâyâ, and they use none more frequently. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The Vedas will have new exponents and the germs that lie hidden in them will be brought to light and understood. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z I knew in a vague way that his was a name in history; but we were always too busy with Sir Edwin Arnold and the Vedas and Mahatmas to talk of that. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z The third species or branch of Indian philosophy, is that which is attached to the Vedas, and to the sacred revelation and traditions they contain. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z We saw what importance the Veda ascribed to the conquest over Vritra, the cloud serpent, the black demon. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z According to Max Müller, the Veda was referred to in India fifteen hundred years before Christ. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z It is laid down by Divine authority in the Vedas that certain consequences must follow certain deeds. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z There is not absolute identity, however, for those which are spoken of as good by the Vedas are treated as bad in the Avesta. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z It has been as if N�r�yan taught the Vedas to Brahma. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z It exhibits a close relationship with the forms of the Veda and Sanskrit, the ancient language of the Arians in India. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z In classical Sanskrit, for instance, of the modal aorist forms the precative and benedictive almost alone remain, while the pluperfect, of which Delbr�ck has found traces in the Veda, has wholly disappeared. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z We can transgress by neglecting to read the Vedas; by falling away from prescribed customs; by remissness in the performance of holy rites. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Taken at random a few of the quotations are as follows: "There are verses in the Vedas which when repeated are said to charm the birds and beasts." Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z The words of the Veda are self-evident, and should not be interpreted with the help of conjecture. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In the Veda it was Indra who had to contend against Vritra and Ahi, i. e. the serpents, and the black spirits, which desired to drink up the water of the sky and veil its light. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The Vedas are the Sacred Books of the Hindoos, and are much reverenced by them. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The Vedas were quoted and the laws of Manu repeated with many warnings against falling away from the faith. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z None were omitted,—the Zend-Avesta, the Upanishads, the Vedas, the Mahabharata—with its jewel the Bhagavad-Gitâ,—the Egyptian Book of the Dead,—the Talmud and the Koran. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z He whose heart receives Chaitanya's gracious call discards the Vedas and conventional religion, and seeks refuge in Krishna alone. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The close relationship and coincidence which they exhibit with the form and views of the Veda are proved on both sides. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The principal Veda contains ten thousand double verses. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z In that case the religion of the Veda, of Buddha, of Zoroaster, of Mahomet, for instance, can as little be based on unreality and self-deception as Christianity. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z "Mere" God is, in very truth, all that we Theists have to offer the world in exchange for the certainties of its Bibles, Korans, Vedas, and all other revelations whatsoever. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z The Vedas forbid you even to look at me. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Yima is also the assembler of men, the first king; he rules with the golden staff; he founds the religious worship, a merit which in the Veda belongs to Manu. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z They reject the Vedas altogether, and the religious observances prescribed in them. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Govinda, so we must now call him, was set to study the sacred language, and the theology of the Brahmans as it is revealed in their Vedas and Sastras. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:09.667Z He quotes, in proof of this, a passage from Rig- Veda, iv. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Vedas and the Purans tell us how to discern Brahma. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The ideas of the Veda about the hosts of the spirits of ancestors, and the entrance of the good and pious into the heaven of light, are also current among the Arians of Iran. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z At an incredibly remote period; they say the present arrangement of the Vedas was made by a sage named Vyasa, some five thousand years ago. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z He read books on Hinduism, many of them; he read the Vedas and the sacred hymns. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z In the Veda Mr. Perry finds him "the personification of the thunderstorm". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The meaning of the Vedas is too deep for human understanding, the Purans make their senses clear. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The poems of the Veda showed us in what directions the religious feeling of the Indians in the Panjab moved. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Brahma created all things, Vishnu preserves them, and when the end of the world is come, which the Vedas say will occur in about twelve million years, Siva will destroy them. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z “You get to see things that you just can’t see in a private doctor’s office when a parent brings them in,” says Veda Johnson. Health-care overhaul gives $200 million to school clinics in needy areas 2011-07-18T20:29:25Z If our opinion be correct, the elemental myths which abound in the Veda are not myths "in the making," as is usually held, but rather myths gradually dissolving into poetry and metaphor. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Atheism in a believer of the Vedas is a worse heresy than Buddhism. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In the Avesta Mithra is still in direct conflict with the evil spirits, from which in the Veda he is displaced by the storm-god, who first came into prominence in the Panjab. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Buddha is said by the Vedas to have been a delusive incarnation of Vishnu, but his followers give a different account. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z He is celebrated as having miraculously preserved one righteous family, and, also, the Vedas, the sacred records, when the world was drowned. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Though divers of the Vedic gods have acquired solar characteristics, there is a regular special sun-deity in the Veda, named Surya or Savitri. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Buddhists are atheists from not respecting the Vedas. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z The remedies of the Veda are water and plants. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z We may see, therefore, that Buddha had more reasonable and humane ideas than those who composed the Vedas, and that he was probably a true sage among his people. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z And have you roots and fruit enough for food; And have you joy in singing holy Vedas Here in this leafy-hearted hermitage? The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z Another, and to modern ideas much more poetical personified power, often mentioned in the Vedas, is Ushas, or the dawn. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z In touching me thou didst not feel repulsion or fear of the Vedas! Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Yet even in the Avesta the Soma is offered to Verethraghna before the battle, as in the Veda it is offered to Indra. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z But Harold Johnson, a friend of Bahaism, wrote, with true discernment:236 "In the same spirit he would have written the same words upon the Koran or the Vedas." Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Perhaps the remotest antiquity to which we can possibly mount is that of the Aryans, amongst whom the hymns of the Rig Veda were composed. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z In the Veda* the Asvins are represented as living in fraternal polyandry, with but one wife, Surya, the daughter of the sun, between them. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z So he accumulated the teaching of the four Vedas and the Upanishads. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In the Veda the gods of the light and the highest heaven, Mithra and Varuna, are the guardians of truth and purity, the avengers and punishers of evil deeds. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z "We're not trying to aspire to vast richness," said Veda Shook, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, "just trying to get to middle class." Analysis: U.S. airlines won't yield much ground to unions 2011-06-17T14:52:45Z It can be found in the Vedas, in the Bible, in the writings of the Gnostics, in some of the pagan and modern philosophies. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The obscure documents on which we have to rely, the Vedas and the Brahmanaa, contain in solution the opinions of many different ages and of many different minds. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The Vedas teach that Krishna is the sole Essence. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z "May Agni protect me with the waters, and Soma with the plants," we are told in the Veda; and again: "The plants whose king is Soma, have rescued me from death." The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Or; The following were kept secret,--the name of Jehovah--of Oriental Princes--of Rome and its patron Deity--the Sybilline books--the first early Christian Bible, the Catholic, the Veda, etc. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The age of the xajur Veda, one of the sacred Hindu books, is carried to a period prior to the alleged date of the birth of Moses. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Savage legends, philosophic conjectures, individual predilections are all blended into the collection of hymns called the Rig- Veda. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Thy breath called into being all the Vedas. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In the Institutes of Menu, many verses occur denoting the importance of this monosyllable, and of a text of the Veda closely connected with it, called the Gayatri. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Thus it is impossible that Brahmans versed in the three Vedas should be able to show the way to a state of union with that which they neither know nor have seen. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z It was François Lenormant, moreover, who pointed out that its nearest analogue was the Hindu Veda, a brilliant intuition which has been verified by subsequent research. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The gods of the Vedas are, on the whole, of the usual polytheistic type, though their forms mix into each other like shadows cast by a flickering fire. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z In the same manner the Vedas and Purans instruct men about Krishna. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z “The great immutable words preceded by the triliteral syllable and followed by the gayatri, which consists of three measures, must be considered as the mouth or principal part of the Veda.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z There was a certain Brahman in Kosambī, a wrangler and well versed in the Vedas. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z The Vedas, upon which the whole structure of Hindu religion and ethics professes to be based, give no countenance to the present regulations of caste. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z In a passage of the Black Yajur Veda, once already quoted, Indra, sheep and the Kshattriya caste were said to have sprung from the breast and arms of Prajapati.* Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Every moment you acquire as much piety as by bathing in all holy places, or by performing sacrifice, austerities, and alms-giving, or by reading the Vedas. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z In the Vedas the text occurs several times, and translations of it by different Sanscrit scholars are given, with many particulars of it and other mysterious points in the Hindoo Pantheon. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z As I stood there, Veda came out of 11 with her bucket, her mop, and her basket. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The first three upper classes or castes are also called “twice-born” men, because they are supposed to be regenerated or “born in the Veda.” Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z In yet another hymn in the Rig- Veda he is said to have conquered heaven by magical austerity. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But the ungrateful, unpleasable Veda, we soon see, becomes the great, torturous challenge of her life. TV Weekend: Mildred Pierce 2011-03-28T07:01:32Z In the Vedas, they are regarded as the universal witnesses of all ceremonies. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Veda went about her work willingly and efficiently, and after a while I strolled back into the house. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z He is an aged scholar, and though not a Brahmin, well versed in the Vedas, but, above all, he is distinguished by his devout views and by his desire to elevate and improve his fellow-countrymen. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z It is a most curious coincidence that the same story is told of Indra in the Rig- Veda, iv. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But where Mildred as a character is rich and multifaceted, Veda—a budding aesthete who grows into a musical prodigy—is just an absolute monster: entitled, cruel, narcissistic, dishonest and hurtful for its own sake. TV Weekend: Mildred Pierce 2011-03-28T07:01:32Z According to this authority—the ritual declared in the Tantras of the Dhakshinacharis is pure, and conformable to the Vedas. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z It was in one of these shacks that Veda lived. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The Vedas of India adopt the absurd notions of an ignorant and polytheistic age respecting astronomy, and the Koran adopts as infallible truth the absurdities of the Ptolemaic system. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Earlier dynasties of gods, to which the generation of Indra succeeded, are not unfrequently mentioned in the Rig- Veda.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Veda is her weakness, and that conflict is both a strength and a weakness of the film. TV Weekend: Mildred Pierce 2011-03-28T07:01:32Z “From the three Vedas, also, the Lord of creatures incomprehensibly exalted, successively milked out the three measures of that ineffable text beginning with the word tad, and entitled Savitri or Gayatri.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z She listened dubiously to rhapsodies by one of her cousins on the immense spiritual value of the Vedas. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z There is also much that is modern in the Pre-buddhistic Vedas and Upanishads, and in some Buddhistic works, because of the pantheistic character of the ideas and the universality of the emotions. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z A tale of the grossest and most material obscenity is told of Mitra and Varuna in the Rig- Veda itself—the tale of the birth of Vasistha.** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Sir William Jones, whose candour and love of truth were not inferior to his accomplishments, concluded the Vedas to have been written about 1500 years b.c. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z “A priest who shall know the Veda, and shall pronounce to himself, both morning and evening, that syllable, and that holy text, preceded by the three words, shall attain the sanctity which the Veda confers.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The Vedas contain in them many invocations and hymns which no uninitiated Brahman can recite: it is only the initiate who knows their true properties and how to put them into use. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z The third of the five Gathas uses the trishtubh or most frequent metre of the Veda, four lines of eleven syllables, but without restrictions as to quantity of final vowels. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z To explain this hint, however, Sayana the ancient commentator, quotes a passage from the Black Yajur Veda which is no explanation at all. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The account given in the Vedas of the early history of the world coincides in its most important features with the Scriptural relation in a manner not to be mistaken. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z Meanwhile the Rakshasa continued his conquests, and everywhere abolished the religious observances and worship enjoined by the Vedas; and the immortals also, were reduced by his power to great distress. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Apple trees grow between Veda and Hornoen, but none are to be seen further north. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z The craft carried a verse from the Rig Veda, a collection of sacred texts: O Moon! Books on Science: Exploring Our Relationship With the Lonely Moon 2010-12-27T22:51:19Z In the Veda, Dyaus appears now, as with Prithivi,** the parent of all, both men and gods, now as a created thing or being fashioned by Indra or by Tvashtri.*** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z According to the opinions of many of the most distinguished Orientalists, it would appear that the earliest Vedas, the oldest mythological books of the Indians, are not less ancient than the Pentateuch. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z All these he renounced; he set aside the Vedas which they venerated. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z “I liked spending time there,” Mai Veda, a performance artist, said, “not just to learn the technique, but because I learn about life from this lady.” Reflections on a Stilled Paintbrush 2010-05-27T22:26:00Z Monkeys are not the only permanent residents of the Jagannath Temple in Puri - there are saddhus, or holy men, who are devoted to the study of the Hindu Vedas or sacred texts. Monkeys galore 2010-02-27T12:19:00Z The interpreters of the Vedas attempted to distinguish Mitra from Varuna by making the former the god of the daylight, the latter the god of the midnight vault of heaven. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But the coincidences noticed by Sir William Jones and other writers, and the peculiarly vivid and distinct nature of the accounts contained in the Vedas, admit of a more simple and consistent explanation. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z In the earliest portraits of the Aryan race, as delineated in the Vedas, we find their ideas and their thoughts centred in their homes, their cattle, their fields, and in the discomfiture of their enemies. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The Vedas, a body of texts believed to be around 3,000 years old, proclaim that “truth is one; the wise call it by many names.” 2010-02-11T21:15:00Z That ruling, coupled with "heavy marketing," said Veda Woodland, a healthy eating specialist at Whole Foods, has made omega-3s the darling of the supplement world. 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z Unluckily, the most consecutive account of the strife is to be found, not in the hymns of the Vedas, but in the collected body of mythical and other traditions called the Brahmanas.**** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Even Veda Woodland, the healthy eating specialist at the Whole Foods store on P Street NW, says that supplements should only be a short-term addition to someone's diet: "It should be food first." 2010-01-28T05:00:00Z Thus in the Rig Veda, it is said, “That divine spirit breathed without afflation single, with her who is sustained within him; other than him nothing existed.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Like the other Vedas it is divided into Samhita, Brahmanas and Upanishads, representing the spiritual element and its magical and nationalistic development. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" "What, then, becomes of the Vedic injunction, 'The Veda is to be read'?" The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy The Vedas contain no such orderly statements of the divine genealogies as we find in Hesoid and Homer. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z He published a translation of Aristotle, and works on Buddhism, Mohammed and Mohammedanism, the Vedas, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis He is celebrated in many of the hymns of the Rig Veda. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Dayanand’s 713 treatment of the Vedas was peculiar, and consisted of reading into them his own beliefs and modern scientific discoveries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Thus, too, we shall keep the Smṛiti rule from being violated: "Having read the Veda, let him bathe." The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy In his disquisition on the Indian gods, Dr. Muir has been observing* that some passages of the Rig- Veda imply that the reigning deities were successors of others who had previously existed. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Even in the Veda their nomenclature is by no means limited to a single designation for each of them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Is nothing said about the spirits of the dead and their cult in the Vedas? Custom and Myth New Edition He denied that the Vedas warranted the caste system, but wished to retain the four grades as orders of learning to which admission should be won by examination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" For the sentences of the Veda are universally defined to be sentences which prove things that are not provable by other evidence. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy In the Vedas the nature-god has not quite disengaged himself from these old savage attributes, which to civilised men seem so irrational. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z In 1816 he established a society, consisting only of Hindus, in which texts from the Vedas were recited and theistic hymns chanted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Our troglodyte ancestors, and their sweet feeling for the spiritual aspect of landscape, are thus brought into relation with the Rishis of the Vedas, the sages and poets of a pleasing civilisation. Custom and Myth New Edition The medium of true knowledge is the Vedas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The anuváda in the present case is the passage which mentions that the Veda is to be read, as it enforces the previous vidhi as to teaching. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Soma, in the Rig- Veda, is not only the beverage that inspires Indra, but is also an anthropomorphic god who created and lighted up the sun,* and who drives about in a chariot. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The new faith at this period held to the Vedas as its basis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The Vedas are interpreted in very different ways by different Oriental scholars. Custom and Myth New Edition Abandoning truth and falsehood, pleasure and pain, the Vedas, this world and the next, he shall seek the Universal Soul, in knowledge of which standeth eternal salvation.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Therefore it was only when they understood it to be an aṅga of the Veda that they applied themselves to its study. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Thus a fixed tradition of Indra's birth is lacking in the Veda, and the fluctuating traditions are not very creditable to the purity of the Aryan fancy. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Both share with the Brāhman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by their spiritual preceptor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" The story, of which this Vedic poem is a partial dramatisation, is given in the Brahmana of the Yajur Veda. Custom and Myth New Edition Persians, with whom are often coupled the Medes, appear to be pure Aryans in origin, and the earliest form of their language and religion offers remarkable analogies to the Vedas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Hence we conclude that the exposition of words is the direct end of the rules of grammar, but its indirect end is the preservation, &c., of the Veda. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy There can be no doubt that, when the Vedas were composed, the Asvins shone and wavered and were eclipsed among the bright and cloudy throng of gods, then contemplated by the Rishis or sacred singers. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Mr. H. T., on age of Vedas, 4.——, on crocodiles of the Ganges, 277.——, Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology To expect Greek in the Veda would certainly be sanguine. Custom and Myth New Edition Like the Asvins of the Veda, the bringers of light in the morning sky, with whom they have been identified, the Dioscuri are represented as youthful horsemen, naked or wearing only a light chlamys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" For when a thing is declared by a text of the Veda which makes its meaning obvious at once, the "subject-matter" and the rest either establish a contrary conclusion or one not contrary. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy A chance word in the Veda shows us that a savage point of marriage etiquette was known to the poet. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z They have reduced the rich and powerful idiom of the poets of the Veda to the meagre and impure jargon of the modern Sepoy. Lectures on The Science of Language The main point of the argument is that Urvasi means ‘far-going,’ and that ‘the far and wide splendour of dawn’ is often spoken of in the Veda. Custom and Myth New Edition He may not learn the Vedas, and in sacrifice he must omit the sacred texts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" I have noticed the same thing in the Nágarí copies of Mádhava's Commentary on the Black Yajur Veda, which are current in the North of India. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy We find them in the Odyssey, the Edda the Celtic poems, the Ramayana, and they even appear in the Veda. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z As Greek grammar owed its origin to the critical study of Homer, Sanskrit grammar arose from the study of the Vedas, the most ancient poetry of the Brahmans. Lectures on The Science of Language The ordinary anthropologist must first, however, lodge a protest against the tendency to look for primitive matter in the Vedas. Custom and Myth New Edition It is very remarkable that the Vedas, on which the whole structure of Brahmanic faith and morals professes to rest, give no countenance to the later regulations of caste. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The Agnihotra, the three Vedas, the ascetic's three staves, and smearing one's self with ashes, Were made by Nature as the livelihood of those destitute of knowledge and manliness. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy The Hindu writers ascribe the invention of dramatic entertainments to an inspired sage Bharata, or to the communications made to him by the god Brahma himself concerning an art gathered from the Vedas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" But though the emperor set the greatest value on the sacred writings of different nations, he does not seem to have succeeded in extorting from the Brahmans a translation of the Veda. Lectures on The Science of Language One might as well look for the first germs of religion, for primitive religion strictly so called, in Hymns Ancient and Modern as in the Vedas. Custom and Myth New Edition The duties of the Kshatriya are “to defend the people, to give alms, to sacrifice, to read the Veda, to shun the allurements of sensual gratification.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The three authors of the Vedas were buffoons, knaves, and demons. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy To my metaphysical friends in Jamaica the 'Light of Asia' had been shining amidst German dreams, and the moonlight of the Vedas had been illuminating the pessimism of Schopenhauer. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The Brahman, bursting into tears, promised to pardon him on condition that he should swear never to translate the Vedas, or sacred volumes, or disclose to any person whatever the symbol of the Brahman creed. Lectures on The Science of Language The famous soma of the Veda is apparently now used like the Hottentot roots. Custom and Myth New Edition In the Vedas there is much that is absurd and more that is puerile. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern An omniscient being who had a beginning can never be the subject of the eternal Veda; and how can he be established by a made and spurious Veda? The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy A similar note is struck in the Indian Vedas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" He became a student of Sanskrit, and translated the Upanishads, philosophical treatises appended to the Vedas, into Persian. Lectures on The Science of Language And the Vedas declare that he only is a perfect man who consists of three persons united, his wife, himself, and his offspring. Oriental Women The most important of these books are called ‘Vedas,’ ‘Shastras,’ and ‘Puranas.’ Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant The Veda, then, never sets out an inexplicable illusion. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy This hot wind, a whirlwind of inky colour, rushing upon red clouds, is alluded to in the Vedas: "Behold the black god, who comes to steal the red cows." Toilers of the Sea In the hymns of the Veda, which are the oldest literary compositions in Sanskrit, the geographical horizon of the poets is, for the greater part, limited to the north-west of India. Lectures on The Science of Language The Vedas, which are the Hindu Scriptures, and of which there are four,—the Rig, Yagust, Saman, and Atharvan,—are asserted to have been revealed by Brahma. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 From various authorities we learn that, in later times “the Brahmans invented a new god, the impersonal Brahma, who only appears in the youngest portion of the Vedas.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The word hence states the reason, viz., because one who has read the Veda and its appendages and understands its meaning is averse from sacred rites, their recompense being perishable. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy O holy Sage, learned in the Vedas' lore, 'Tis even thus. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Most closely allied to Sanskrit, more particularly to the Sanskrit of the Veda, is the ancient language of the Zend-avesta,195 the so-called Zend, or sacred language of the Zoroastrians or Fire-worshippers. Lectures on The Science of Language And, like the poet of the Veda, they said: "Will the powers of darkness be conquered by the god of light?" Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning I began to see now that the same argument might be applied with equal force to the Vedas, the Zend Avesta, or the Koran. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography That the absolute should be reached by way of inference is rejected by such texts as, He that knows not the Veda cogitates not that mighty one; Him described in the Upanishads. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Contained in the Vedas, or Holy Scriptures of the Hindús. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa But in the Vedas Turvaśa is represented as worshipping Aryan gods. Lectures on The Science of Language In the Vedas, the Sun has twenty different names, not pure equivalents, but each term descriptive of the Sun in one of its aspects. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning In the Vedas, where Zeus was born, the Prayers upheld the skies. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Thus the "subject" to be discussed is the sentence, "The Veda is to be read." The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy The fourth is, however, rejected by some authorities and bears internal evidence of The Vedas and their doctrines. a later composition, at a time when hierarchical power had become greatly consolidated. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition They had been together for a time with the people whose sacred songs have been preserved to us in the Veda. Lectures on The Science of Language The doctrine of the Trimurti in India, however, is to be found in the Veda, and epic poems, which are of an antiquity long anterior to the rise of Christianity, preceding it by many centuries. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning They welcomed it with cries which the Veda preserves, which the Avesta retains and the Eddas repeat. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal If you object that this view does not make reading the Veda the object of definite injunction, I reply, What matters it to us if it is not? The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy They are of different periods and of various authorship, internal evidence seeming to indicate that if the later The Veda doctrine of God, were composed by priests, the earlier were the production of military chieftains. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Brahmans, in the hymns of the Veda, raised language to the rank of a deity, as they did with all things of which they knew not what they were. Lectures on The Science of Language In Hindoo mythology, the Earth, under the name of Prithivi, receives a certain share of honors as one of the primitive goddesses of the Veda, being thought of as the "kind mother." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning In the Rig-Veda and the Vedas generally they are transparent. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal And the latter supposition is inadmissible, since it would be impossible for any person who was not omniscient to know that no author of the Veda was recollected by any person whatever. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy A new ritual, instead of the Vedas, has come into use, these scriptures being the eighteen Puranas, composed between the eighth and sixteenth centuries. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It approaches that of the Vedas; being, in some points, older than the Sanskrit of Menu. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies This dream being interpreted by the Brahmans learned in the Rig Veda, was considered as announcing the incarnation of him who was to be in future the deliverer of mankind from pain and sorrow. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning But the Vedas, the Homeric poems, the Tripitaka as well, existed in memory long before they were committed to writing. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal A French translation of the Rig-Veda, that is, of the most ancient of all the Vedas, is just finished at Paris, where the fourth and last volume appeared about the middle of January. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 They deny the Vedas and Puranas, have no castes, and, agreeably to their cardinal principle, draw their priests from all classes like the European monks. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Sanskrit itself, in its oldest form, is the Vedaic dialect of the religious hymns called Vedas—of great, but of exaggerated, antiquity. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies This book, the Zend-Avesta, is similar, in many respects, to the Vedas of the Hindoos. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning It may, like the Vedas, the Hebrew Scriptures and the Koran, become an object of idolatry; but even its idolaters see in it only an emanation from God, not the God himself. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' These, we have seen in the Rig Veda, called Mâyâ, the feminine energy—the productive virtue of Brahma. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa From the general tenor of the Vedas, it would appear that the condition of women was not so much restrained as it became in later times, and that monogamy was the ordinary state. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Again—it is by no means certain that the Institutes and the Vedas represent a contemporary state of things. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies There is a prayer in the Vedas, called Gayatree, which consists of three measured lines, and is considered the holiest and most efficacious of all their religious forms. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning "I kept my crow in a cage, and taught him all four Vedas; When he thought of his family, he became filthy as ever." The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India This system, represented by elements of law, theology, philosophy and language, literature and learning, is found in the Vedas and the great literary remnants of the poets. History of Human Society The former is exemplified in the Vedas and Institutes of Menu, the latter in Buddhism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition To defend the people, to give alms, to sacrifice, to read the Veda, to shun the allurements of sensual gratification, are, in a few words, the duties of a Cshatriya. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies It should be observed that the native commentaries on the Veda often allude to thirty-three gods, which number is also mentioned in the Rig-Veda. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Only after two thousand years shall Moses write on the origin of things, and the Vedas be arranged in their present form. The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World The Vedas, especially the oldest, date from B.C. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Vedas, which are the Hindu Scriptures, and of which there are four, the Rig, Yagust, Saman and Atharvan, are asserted to have been revealed by Brahma. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Fixing these at about 200, B.C.; we allow so many centuries for the archaisms of Menu, and so many more for those of the Vedas. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Let us compare the history of the Saviour which we have already seen, with that of the Sun, as it is found in the Vedas. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The other hill is larger, but not so high, and is greatly celebrated among the followers of the Vedas. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The earliest Veda is in course of publication by professor Max Müller. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Vedas also recognize a series of creatures superior to man, the gods of the elements and stars; they likewise personify the attributes of the Deity. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition For the whole, eleven hundred has not been thought too little, which places the Vedas in the fourteenth century, B.C., and makes them the earliest, or nearly the earliest records in the world. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies All this seemed to pass before our very eyes in the Veda, and then to be reflected in Homer and Pindar. My Autobiography A Fragment The other is common to the Bouddhists and followers of the Vedas, and has a strong resemblance to the temples of the Chinese. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha We find a similar expression in the Vedas of the Hindoos: "He thought, I will create worlds, and they were there!" Bible Romances First Series Not only do we find the same austere simplicity in the Vedas, the Kur�n, and other sacred scriptures; we find it in most of the old world literature. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) To Bráhmins he assigned the duties of reading the Veda, of teaching it, of sacrificing, of assisting others to sacrifice, of giving alms, if they be rich, and, if indigent, of receiving gifts. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies I put by the side of it my own translation, and he openly acknowledged that mine, with the passages taken from the Veda, was right. My Autobiography A Fragment Controversy on the authority of the traditional interpretation of the Vedas, iv. Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language Perhaps even he learned his lore from some older song of the Veda, one of which ends, “Thus have the sages, meditating in their souls, explained away the fetters of being by the not-being.” The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion In the Vedas, on the contrary, the same myth of the conflict with the serpent has a purely naturalistic character, evidently describing an atmospheric phenomenon. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Since the Bráhmin sprang from the most excellent part, since he was the first born, and since he possesses the Veda, he is by right the chief of this whole creation. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies He would sit with me for hours, or take me to dine with him at a restaurant, discussing all the time the Vedas and the Upanishad and the Vedanta philosophy. My Autobiography A Fragment Controversy on the authority of the traditional interpretation of the Vedas, 386. Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language In Garrett's Dictionary of India it is stated that the Soma of the Vedas is no longer known in India, and the same statement is repeated by many writers. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The doctrine of the Vedas, of their sacredness and of their virtues, played a great part in Indian thought. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Now the antiquity of the Vedas, as inferred from the archaic character of their language, has been shaken by the discovery of the structure of the Persepolitan dialect of the arrow-headed inscriptions. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies He had himself tried hard to go to India to discover the Rig-veda, nay, to find out whether there was still such a thing as the Veda in India. My Autobiography A Fragment If we accept the testimony of the Vedas, the religious books of the ancient Hindoos, a high degree of culture must have prevailed on the shores of the Ganges more than three thousand years ago. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Pray not to idols, for they cannot hear you; hearken not to the Vedas where the truth is altered; be humble and humiliate not your fellow man. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The Gathas are poems written in metres which occur also in the Vedas, and intended, like the Indian hymns, to be used in worship. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems A letter of thy name, O God, I have deciphered in the Vedas, another in the Zend-Avesta, another in the Bible, another in the Korân. The Book of Khalid His oldest friends are in the Veda, about which he has always loved to write. My Autobiography A Fragment Hinduism has many scriptures; the Vedas, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad-Gita are among some of the most important. The 2008 CIA World Factbook They are interdicted from attending the reading of the Vedas at any time; their touch contaminates a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or even a Vaisya who comes in contact with them. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery "Avesta," like the kindred word "Veda," signifies knowledge, and the word "Zend" denotes here not the language of that name, but the "commentary" afterwards added to the original knowledge or text. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems When Mr. Emerson and Theodore Parker compare in this way the Bible with the Vedas or the Parthenon, we often feel that it degrades the Bible, and takes away its special sanctity. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Indeed, he spent the best years of his life over the text of the Rig Veda, and has a clear right to be heard upon the classic he has done so much to make familiar.... My Autobiography A Fragment The Himalayas divide only to accentuate two mighty civilisations—the Chinese, with its communism of Confucius, and the Indian, with its individualism of the Vedas. The Empire of the East That the Vaisyas might only hear the recital of the Vedas, and this only on the festal days, and 8. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Brahmanaspati, lord of prayer, is a god of another type, a personification of the act of ritual, and his presence in the Vedas, beside the elemental deities, shows how early speculation had begun. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The Old Testament, though having in it many harsh and hard features, belonging to the Jewish mind, has strains which rise into a higher region than anything in the Vedas or the Zendavesta. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The name of Veda had no doubt been known, and there was a halo of mystery about it, as the oldest book of the world. My Autobiography A Fragment "I" He said, "am the gambling of the cheat," as well as the chants of the Veda. Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 Therefore do the Brahmins occupy only the offices of priests and preachers, are expounders of the Vedas, and must practice celibacy. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery The immolation of the widow on the funeral pile of her husband is not sanctioned by the Vedas, and of ancestor-worship only a few traces are found. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The “Vedas,” in India, may have been written 1500 B.C.; the “Kings,” in China, before that. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors It had been known even before, through the interesting communications of Roman Catholic missionaries in India, that the manuscripts themselves, at least those of the Veda, were not forthcoming. My Autobiography A Fragment He had all the learning of the Vedas. Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 Only on holidays are they authorized to enter the temple and listen to the recital of the Vedas; at all other times they must attend to their business. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Where a plurality of gods is believed in, these gods must stand in some relation to each other; and it is of importance to notice how the gods of the Veda are arranged. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems All books which the human race has accepted as inspired—Vedas, Koran, Zendavesta—are sacred scriptures; all that lasts is inspired. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Even as late as the times of Sir W. Jones, Colebrooke, and Professor Wilson, the Brahmans were most unwilling to part with MSS. of the Veda, except the Upanishads. My Autobiography A Fragment There is an old myth in the Vedas—a god called “Chrishna.” The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 The land of the Vedas justly boasts of being the mother, or the foster-mother, of nine great religions. India, Its Life and Thought For a quarter of his life he is a student living with a teacher and learning from him the sacred knowledge of the Vedas. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems There may be a wide gulf between the inspiration of the Bible and that of the Vedas, or of Homer or Plato; and yet they may all belong to the same class of works. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors But people went on dreaming about the Veda, instead of reading Colebrooke’s essays. My Autobiography A Fragment The Vedas claim that he is in the form of a man; that he is black; that he is dressed in flowers and ribbons; that he is the father of a great many gods. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, April, 1880 Woman has no business with the texts of the Vedas; thus is the law fully settled. India, Its Life and Thought In that phase of Indian religion the authority of the Vedas had already been impugned, an inner discipline had taken the place of outward worship, the saint had learned to forsake the world. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Veda is a generic name for their four oldest and most sacred books, containing simply a revelation directly from Brahma. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 But the Veda, with its ten books or Mandalas, its 1017 hymns or Suktas, with every consonant and vowel and accent plainly written, was a different thing. My Autobiography A Fragment Nor shall the authority of old traditions be a standard for us—be this authority called Veda, Talmud, Koran, or Bible. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The usages and institutes of caste, of order and rank, will not prevail, Nor yet the precepts of the triple Veda. India, Its Life and Thought Now the later religious literature of India, the brahmanas or commentaries on the Rigveda and the other later Vedas, contain a variety of legends and a religion by no means free from magic. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Many unbelievers in this, and the old world, who have set themselves against our Bible, have indorsed the Vedas as scientific, without so much as having read or known one line in them. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 “They do not even,” he writes, “conceal from us the most sacred texts of the Veda.” My Autobiography A Fragment The Sanskrit was their classic language, and the Veda their Bible. History of Education Sacrifices of various sorts are laid down in the Vedas. India, Its Life and Thought The "Veda" in the larger sense is made up of these three bodies of compositions, mantras, brahmanas, and upanishads. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Next we will give you the cosmogony of the Vedas, as it is presented in what is known as the mystic hymn of the Vedas. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 If the people of the Veda did not turn out to be quite such savages as was hoped and expected, they nevertheless disclosed to us a layer of thought which can be explored nowhere else. My Autobiography A Fragment You, as a Hindu, must in theory accept the Vedas as the revealed religion, but you may put your own interpretation on the Vedic texts. India and the Indians The ancient Rig Veda is at present only a book of antiquarian interest. India, Its Life and Thought Vedas rose in sacredness after the age which produced them passed away. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems He, too, first assigned to all creatures distinct names, distinct acts, and distinct occupations, as they had been revealed in the pre-existing Veda. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 This was really not true, but it came up first in conversation, and I thought it would show Burnouf that my interest in the Veda was not simply philological, but philosophical also. My Autobiography A Fragment One professing the Hindu faith has only to have the following belief, namely, that the four Vedas contain moral and spiritual truth, which are not less valid than any other spoken or written words. India and the Indians Thus sacrifices of various sorts are laid down in the Vedas. India, Its Life and Thought This embraces the Sutras or works dealing with ceremonial in the way of short rules gathered from the older literature, with the exposition of the Vedas, with domestic rites and conventional usages. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems From fire, from air, and from the sun he milked out, as it were, three primordial Vedas, named Rich, Yajush and Saman, for the due performance of the sacrifice. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, February, 1880 Often did he tell us to look up some passage in the Veda, to compare and copy the commentaries, and to let him have the result of our researches at the next lecture. My Autobiography A Fragment As regards practices, a Hindu ought to follow those he believes to be in conformity with and not opposed to, the Vedas. India and the Indians He still clung to the Hindu scriptures and regarded the Vedas as infallible. India, Its Life and Thought Poets and minstrels passed on their tales to other bards; had they not done so, Homer, Ossian, and the Sanscrit Vedas would have been lost to us. Paul and the Printing Press Zoroastrianism touches the Veda in its theistic construction, and is remarkably like Judaism in its organization. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Besides, we have in the Veda thoughts; and in the chronology of thought the Veda seems to me older than even the Book of the Dead.” My Autobiography A Fragment I think that the beliefs that are generally considered indispensable in a Hindu are: Belief in God, in a future state, and in the authority of the Vedas. India and the Indians The Vedas were abandoned as an ultimate authority, and the Brahmo Somaj, for a time, became "a Church without a Bible," and without any anchorage but the higher reason of its members. India, Its Life and Thought In a beautiful verse of the Vedas of the Christians it has been said of the peaceful dead, that they rest from their labours, and that their works do follow them. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks The spirits resident in the divine trees invoked in the Vedas are powerful, but have not definite personality, and it is hard to say whether it is the tree or the spirit that is worshiped. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But Burnouf’s words confirmed me more and more in my desire to give myself up to the Veda. My Autobiography A Fragment He can follow his own conscience and desires in ordinary matters, so long as he believes that they are not opposed to the Vedas. India and the Indians The Old and New Testaments are found again in the Vedas, and the texts quoted by M. Jacolliot in support of his theory are said to leave it without doubt. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays The Arya-Samaj is a more consistent effort to reform Hindu religion by bringing it back to the purer standards of the Vedas. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The religious point of view of the Vedas belongs in the same category with the early Egyptian. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Dr. Mill had known of a gentleman who had a very sacred hymn of the Veda, the Gayatri, printed at Calcutta. My Autobiography A Fragment Thus the first organized attempt of the Christian Church of America to reach and to redeem the heathen world was directed towards the land of the Vedas. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ He was worshipped as the supreme deity during a period long anterior to the age of the Veda and of Homer. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays The Hindu religion is a composite—a corruption of the nature-worship of the earlier Vedas by its union with the more cruel and debasing features of the Dravidian idolatry. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions The functions ascribed to various deities in the Veda suggest a similar origin for them. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV His own essays on the Veda appeared in the Asiatic Researches as early as 1801. My Autobiography A Fragment He accepted the Hindu Vedas as Scriptures, but interpreted them so freely that he was able to find in them all that he desired of religious reform. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ There is, for example, the insubstantial and formless but pleasing conception of the Indian Veda. Moon Lore They are alone allowed to read the Veda or Sacred Books. Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales In the long religious history of the Hindus many of the gods prominent in the Veda disappear or sink into subordinate positions, and deities at first unimportant become supreme. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Everybody interested in the origin and the first development of language, thought, religion, and social institutions, looked forward to the Veda as a new revelation. My Autobiography A Fragment The Vedas are the books of true knowledge. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ However far apart may be the philosophic Vedântin and the most illiterate Vallabhâchârya, they both regard the same Vedas as supreme. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries “For this reason, because the religion of the Veda was so completely guarded from all strange infection, it is full of lessons which the student of religion could learn nowhere else.” The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology In the Veda traces of philosophical thought, pantheistic and other, are not lacking. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV To the scholar, no doubt, the Veda remained and always will remain the oldest of real books, that has been preserved to us in an almost miraculous way. My Autobiography A Fragment The British people are only today beginning to realize fully the wonderful mission which, under God's providence, they are called to fulfill in that great land of the Vedas. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The Vedas give us a picture of the Aryan race before it migrated to India, and occupied the Punjab and Cabulistan. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The Vedas are not only ancient, but complicated and diffuse, and the busy life of the modern student will hardly suffice for the mastery of their wisdom, or the understanding of their secrets. The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology On the Hindu personification of time see Bloomfield, Religion of the Veda, p. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Perhaps he expected too much from the Veda, as many other people did at that time, and before the verba ipsissima were printed. My Autobiography A Fragment They have differed little from Buddhists in their beliefs; for they deny the authority of the Hindu Vedas, disregard sacrifices, cultivate a high morality, believe strongly in transmigration and reverence life in all its forms. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The Mahabharata and the Ramayana, dating from the Brahminical or the period succeeding that of the Vedas, were next studied, together with the Puranas. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century But we must rub the German nose in Veda butter, that they may find the right track. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities We know to what inventive labors the Vedas, the Bible, the Koran, and other sacred books have given rise. Essay on the Creative Imagination The famous Susrutas, author of the “Ayur Veda,” recommends them internally for nervous diseases; modern therapeutics, however, limits their use to one disease, though that is frequent and stubborn enough, namely chronic granular conjunctivitis. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines It is true that orthodox Hindus variously describe the Vedas as eternal, as a direct emanation from Brahma and as a divine entity in themselves. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The Laws of Manu, one of the oldest existing pieces of Sanscrit writing, contains many mentions of it, and the Upanishads and Vedas contain countless reference to it. Reincarnation and the Law of Karma A Study of the Old-New World-Doctrine of Rebirth, and Spiritual Cause and Effect I am delighted to hear that your Veda gets on. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Great thinkers only were capable of giving to the world the Vedas, the Apollo Belvidere and the Parthenon. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 Seldom has the old Aryan form of the myth been so well preserved; the whole reads like a transcript out of the Vedas. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary They constantly hark back to the Vedas, to the Upanishads and to the Bhagavad-Gita, conscious of the fact that these represent the high water-mark of their faith and literature. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ The Old Testament, the Vedas, the Sagas, and many references of Greek, Latin, Egyptian, Hindu, and Persian mythology point to this as being conclusive. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Naturally all are ignorant of the time which precedes the great fable,—namely, the time of the Vedas. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Then came Ram Mohun Roy, forty years ago, and argued from the Vedas against idolatry, caste, and the burning of widows. The Sympathy of Religions Such is mainly the mythical character of the old Vedas. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The work in which the hymns were collected and procured, and which has been compared with the Veda of India, was at once the Bible and the Prayer-book of Chaldea. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Admitting that the Bibles, and Korans, and Vedas, are misleading and unreliable, may there not be an unseen, unknown Being, who knows my heart—who is watching me now? The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility But if the frame-work be right, and of this I feel convinced, if I have discovered the true grooves and the system—then the unfalsified remains of traditions in the Vedas must afford further confirmation. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities The whole gigantic system of caste in Hindostan has grown up in defiance of the Vedas, which are now being invoked to abolish them. The Sympathy of Religions Their constant task, their sole delight Is worship and each holy rite, To chant aloud the Veda hymn, Nor let the sacred fires grow dim. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Both professed to carry out the meaning and purpose of the Veda. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion The Vedas, the Edda, the Koran, are each remembered by its happiest figure. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Others would willingly have had your own Veda Grammar besides the Indian grammatical treatise, especially on account of the Vedic forms. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities From this divided opinion it is plain that the teaching of the Vedas on this vital subject is ambiguous. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 What! shall a woman's blood be spilt To stain thee with eternal guilt, Thee deep in all the Veda's lore? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse In the Veda—for there is but one real Veda—the names of all the so-called gods or Devas betray their original physical character and meaning without disguise. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion The Vedas, or sacred books of the Brahmins, give very strict directions about the music of the various religious festivals. Chatterbox, 1906 The work will also give you further refreshment for the future, whilst the editing of the Veda still hangs on your hands. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Some eminent Sanscrit scholars tell us that the Vedas teach Pantheism, while others assert that in their most ancient teaching they assert the doctrine of a living, personal God. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 He, master of the Vedas' lore, Commands the clouds' collected store: He is the rivers' surest friend; He bids the rains, and they descend. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Buddha refused to allow to the Vedas any independent authority whatever, and this constituted the fundamental difference between the two philosophers. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion If we look at other religions, we find that Buddhism denied the Veda every authority, and in conformity with its own character especially excluded every idea of superhuman revelation. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour I draw a totally different lesson from your news of the loss of the Veda MS. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities In the dim remote past to which the Vedas introduce us, we find the Hindus a religious, a very religious, people. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Kuśa and Lava—such the names they bore— Learnt, e'en in childhood, all the Vedas' lore; And then the bard, their minstrel souls to train, Taught them to sing his own immortal strain. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse I shall, therefore, confine my remarks to the Rig-veda, which in the eyes of the historical student is the Veda par excellence. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion Dara-Shikoh has left a curious fragment of spiritual autobiography in his preface to a Persian translation of the Upanishads or chapters from the Vedas which he had caused to be translated from Sanskrit. Mystics and Saints of Islam If you can give some chronological landmarks for the epoch of the Veda dialect, pray do so. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities I could not even answer the question, if you were to ask it, whether the religion of the Veda was polytheistic or monotheistic. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 In the hymns of the Veda Vritra appears to be the thick dark cloud which Indra the God of the firmament attacks and disperses with his thunderbolt.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Hence in later times bráhman is used collectively for the Veda, the sacred word. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion It is indeed strange to see this son of a Muhammadan Emperor ranking these 190selections from the Vedas above the Koran, the Pentateuch, Psalms and Gospels, all of which he says he had read. Mystics and Saints of Islam I find then in Lassen much which can be well explained by my discoveries in the Egyptian, Babylonian, and Phœnician, but a huge chasm opens out for everything concerning the Vedas. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities That the Veda is full of childish, silly, even to our mind monstrous conceptions, who would deny? Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Veda means originally knowing or knowledge, and this name is given by the Bráhmans not to one work, but to the whole body of their most ancient sacred literature. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse |
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