 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 - Pàgina 491per James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson - 1848Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Francis Arundell (12th baron Arundell of Wardour.) - 1879 - 212 pàgines
...rendered by Sir W. Jones.] ' The waters are called " narah" 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." Now although there can be little doubt that this tradition is in substance the same as that of Genesis,... | |
 | Aaron Walker - 1880 - 506 pàgines
...GREAT 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 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... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett, DeRobingne Mortimer Bennett - 1880 - 876 pàgines
...forefather of all spirits. The waters were called naro, because they were the production of narau, the spirit of God, and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he is thence named Narayana, or, moving in the waters. In. the egg the great power sat inactive a whole... | |
 | George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1880 - 318 pàgines
...waters were called nara, because they were produced by Nara, the " Spirit of God " moving on them, and since they were his first ayana or " place of motion," he is hence called Narayana, or " moving on the waters." That the human race might be created he caused... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1883 - 760 pàgines
...greatest of the legislators.* * This is manifest from the following verses of Manu-sanhitA (Ch. I.) " From that which is the first cause, not the object of sense, existing everywhere in substance, uot existing to our perception, without beginning or end, was produced the... | |
 | Henry Coke - 1883 - 328 pàgines
...them a productive seed:" (10.) " The waters are called nara, because they were the production of NARA [or the Spirit of God] ; and since they were his first ayana [place of motion], he thence is named NAEA-YANA, [or moving on the waters]." (n.) "From THAT WHICH... | |
 | Herbert Junius Hardwicke - 1884 - 308 pàgines
...willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters From that which is, the First Cause, not the object of sense, existing everywhere in substance, not existing to our pcrcet tion, without beginning or end, was produced the... | |
 | George Clifford Whitworth - 1885 - 378 pàgines
...spirit moving on the waters. ' The waters are called ndrd, 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 ' (Manu, i. 10). After the notion of trimurti or the Hindu triad was formed, Vishnu was sometimes identified... | |
 | George Clifford Whitworth, Whitworth, George Clifford, d. 1917 - 1885 - 410 pàgines
...spirit moving on the waters. ' The waters are called ndrd, 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 Ndrdyana, or moving on the waters' (Manu, i. 10). After the notion of trimurti or the Hindu triad was... | |
 | 1888 - 536 pàgines
...a thought created the waters. The waters are called nara, because they are the production of Nara, the Spirit of God ; and since they were his first ayana, or place of motion, he thence is called Narayana, or " moving on the waters." From that which is, the First Cause, not the object of... | |
| |
