The waters are called nara, because they were the production of NAHA, or the Spirit of God ; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named NARAYANA, or moving on the waters. The History of British India - Pągina 491per James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson - 1848Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx - 1842 - 524 pągines
...born himself, in the form of Brahmc, the great forefather of all spirits. (The waters are called Nara, or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first Ayana or place of motion, he thence is named NAUAYANA, or moving on the waters).4 According to Sanchoniatho, "the wind" (To iryevfia), whether the... | |
| James Smith - 1843 - 728 pągines
...great forefather of all spirits. The waters are called nara, because they were the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and, since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is named Nayrayana, or moving on the waters. From that which is, the first cause, not the object of sense, existing... | |
| 1845 - 732 pągines
...forefather of all spirits. " The waters were called nara, because they were the production of NARA, or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first...thence is named NARAYANA, or moving on the waters. " From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object of sense, existing everywhere in substance, not... | |
| Leitch Ritchie - 1846 - 540 pągines
...sundry incarna* The waters are called nnra, because they were the production of Nara, or the tpirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place...thence is named NARAYANA, or moving on the waters. Inst. of Menu, eh. 1. tions, or descents upon the earth, called avatars, when the state of the world... | |
| George Smith - 1847 - 646 pągines
...thence is named N&r& yana, or, ' moving on the waters.' " (Chap. i. 10.) * GOBI'S "Fragments," p. 20. " From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object...existing every where in substance, not existing to out- perception, without beginning or end, was produced the divine male." (Chap i. 11.) " He framed... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - 1847 - 866 pągines
...thought created the waters, &c. — The waters are called nara, because they are the production of Nara, or the spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana or place of motion, He thence is named Nariiyana, or " moving on the waters." He is then said "to have framed the heaven above and the earth... | |
| Richard Watson - 1848 - 676 pągines
...undiscemed, made the world discernible. With a thought he first created the waters, which are called N/irn, or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he is thence named Karayana, or moving on the waters. The order of the creation in tho ancient traditions... | |
| 1848 - 544 pągines
...a neuter word : — Laws of Menu, (Sir William Jones's translation, Calcutta, 1794) ch. 1, § 2. " From THAT WHICH is, the first cause, not the object of sense, existing, not existing, without beginning or end, was produced the divine male, famed in all worlds under the... | |
| 1849 - 492 pągines
...passage of the Puran, taken from a verse of Menu, a work still more holy, "The waters are called 'Nara,' or the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first ' ayana,' a place of motion, he is thence named ' Narayana,' or the ' Spirit of God moving upon the waters ;... | |
| Ephraim George Squier - 1851 - 294 pągines
...saluted them all with reverence, and gave them a comprehensive answer, saying, ' Be it heard : " ' FROM THAT WHICH is the First Cause, not the object...existing every where in substance, not existing to our perceptions, without beginning or end, was produced the divine male, famed in all worlds under the... | |
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