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Svetasvatara Upanishad: First Adhyâya
1. The Brahma-students say: Is Brahman the cause? Whence are we born? Whereby do we live, and whither do we go? O ye who know Brahman, (tell us) at whose command we abide, whether in pain or in…Brewer's: Hercules' Choice
Immortality the reward of toil in preference to pleasure. Xenophon tells us when Hercules was a youth he was accosted by two women—Virtue and Pleasure—and asked to choose between them.…Brewer's: Immolate
(3 syl.). To sacrifice; literally, “put meal on one.” The reference is to the ancient custom of sprinkling meal and salt on the head of a victim to be offered in sacrifice. (Latin, in-molo…Brewer's: Immuring
(Latin). Burying in a wall. The Vestal virgins among the Romans, and the nuns among the Roman Catholics, who broke their vows of chastity, were buried in a niche sufficiently large to…Brewer's: Rahu
The demon that causes eclipses. One day Rahu stole into Valhalla to quaff some of the nectar of immortality. He was discovered by the Sun and Moon, who informed against him, and Vishnu cut…Brewer's: Soma
The moon, born from the eyes of Atri, son of Brahma; made the sovereign of plants and planets. Soma ran away with Tara (Star), wife of Vrihaspata, preceptor of the gods, and Buddha was…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Sixth Adhyâya
Sixth AdhyâyaFirst Khanda1. Let the women go back to their place.2. Who is he whom[97] we meditate on as the Self? Which[98] is the Self?3. That by which we see (form), that by which we hear…Katha-Upanishad: Fourth Valli
Second Adhyâya Fourth Valli 1. Death said: “The Self-existent pierced the openings (of the senses) so that they turn forward: therefore man looks forward, not backward into…Classical Mythology: The Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and Monsters
The Fairy Tale World: Giants, Ogres, and MonstersClassical MythologyFriends, Fairies, and Fairy Tale MonstersFrom Dusk to Dawn: The Sisters of HeliusThe Good-Time God: PanThe Fairy Tale World: Giants…The Illiad: The Contention of Achilles and Agamemnon.
The Trial of the Army and Cata... The Contention of Achilles and Agamemnon. In the war of Troy, the Greeks having sacked some of the neighbouring towns, and taken from thence two…Trending
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