Indian Epic Poetry: Being the Substance of Lectures Recently Given at Oxford: with a Full Analysis of the Rámáyana and of the Leading Story of the Mahá-bhárataWilliams and Norgate, 1863 - 133 páginas |
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... Karna , who enters the lists in full armour , and after accomplishing the same feats in archery , challenges Arjuna to single combat . But each champion is required to tell his name and pedigree ; and Karna's parentage being doubtful ...
... Karna , who enters the lists in full armour , and after accomplishing the same feats in archery , challenges Arjuna to single combat . But each champion is required to tell his name and pedigree ; and Karna's parentage being doubtful ...
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... Karna at last meets Arjuna in single combat , rushing on him like a young elephant . They overwhelm each other with showers of arrows , which darken the air . But not even Karna can withstand the irresistible onset of the godlike Arjuna ...
... Karna at last meets Arjuna in single combat , rushing on him like a young elephant . They overwhelm each other with showers of arrows , which darken the air . But not even Karna can withstand the irresistible onset of the godlike Arjuna ...
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... karna were also brothers of Rávana . According to the Puráņas ( Vishnu - p . , p . 83 , note ) Ilavila was the mother of Kuvera , and Keśiní of the other three brothers . The story goes , that Rávana so tyrannized over all the gods that ...
... karna were also brothers of Rávana . According to the Puráņas ( Vishnu - p . , p . 83 , note ) Ilavila was the mother of Kuvera , and Keśiní of the other three brothers . The story goes , that Rávana so tyrannized over all the gods that ...
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... karṇa tries to dissuade his brother to desist from any further contest with Ráma , giving him to understand that he is ... karna then consents to go out to battle . He displays extraordinary valour , routs , wounds , and even devours ...
... karṇa tries to dissuade his brother to desist from any further contest with Ráma , giving him to understand that he is ... karna then consents to go out to battle . He displays extraordinary valour , routs , wounds , and even devours ...
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... Karna Kuntí or Prithá — Páṇḍu — Mádrí Yudhish- thira Bhíma Arjuna Nakula Sahadeva Duryodhana and 99 other sons . * Chitrangada reigned a very short time after the death of S'ántanu . He was so arrogant and proud of his strength that he ...
... Karna Kuntí or Prithá — Páṇḍu — Mádrí Yudhish- thira Bhíma Arjuna Nakula Sahadeva Duryodhana and 99 other sons . * Chitrangada reigned a very short time after the death of S'ántanu . He was so arrogant and proud of his strength that he ...
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Indian Epic Poetry: Being the Substance of Lectures Recently Given at Oxford ... Sir Monier Monier-Williams Visualização completa - 1863 |
Indian Epic Poetry: Being the Substance of Lectures Recently Given at Oxford ... Sir Monier Monier-Williams Visualização completa - 1863 |
Indian Epic Poetry: Being the Substance of Lectures Recently Given at Oxford ... Sir Monier Monier-Williams Visualização completa - 1863 |
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Abhimanyu afterwards Agni Angada appeared Arjuna arms army arrows Aśwattháman Ayodhya Balaráma battle Bharata Bhíma Bhishma body born Brahmá Bráhmans brothers Calc Calcutta Review called celebrated charioteer combat commenced Dasaratha daughter death declared demons described Dhrishṭadyumna Dhritarashtra divine Draupadí Drona Drupada Duryodhana Dwáraká earth episode father fight fire five Páṇḍavas forest Gándhárí Ganges gods Hanumat Hastinapur heaven hermitage heroes Hindú Homer husband Iliad India Indian epics Indra Indrajit Jayadratha Jumná Karna Kauravas killed king kingdom Kripa Krishna Kritavarman Kshatriya Kuntí Kuru Lakshmaṇa Lanká Mádrí Mahá-bhárata Manu monkeys mother mountain Muir's mythology Nakula named Nárada Pandavas Páṇḍu Pándu princes Paraśu-Ráma penance poem Prithá Rákshasas Ráma Ráma's Rámáyaṇa Rávaṇa Rishis S'ántanu sage Sahadeva Sakuni Salya Sanjaya Sanskrit Sátyaki Satyavatí Sítá Siva slaughter sons story Sugríva tháman thou told Uttara Válmíki Vana-parva Vibhíshana Vichitra-vírya Vidura Viráța Vishņu Viśwámitra Vyása warriors weapons whole wife women Yudhishthira
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Página 28 - Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition is to rest; Success doth only mitigate the fever Of anxious expectation; soon the fear Of losing what we have, the constant care Of guarding it doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects.
Página 29 - Towards the sea of sand, and saw at last the rocky Meru, king Of mountains. As with eager steps they hastened on, their souls intent On union with the Eternal, Draupadi lost hold of her high hope, And faltering fell upon the earth.
Página 13 - I cleave to thee in this life and hereafter. Thou art my king, my guide, my only refuge, my divinity. It is my fixed resolve to follow thee. If thou must wander forth Through thorny trackless forests, I will go before thee, treading down The prickly brambles to make smooth thy path, walking before thee, I Shall feel no weariness ; the forest thorns will seem like silken robes, The bed of leaves, a couch of down.
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Página 58 - Mahabharata. _Children are dutiful to their parents and submissive to their superiors; younger brothers are respectful to elder brothers; parents are fondly attached to their children, watchful over their interests and ready to sacrifice themselves for their welfare; wives are loyal, devoted, and obedient to their husbands, yet show much independence of character, and do not hesitate to express their own opinions; husbands are tenderly affectionate towards their wives, and treat them with respect...
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Página 54 - ... (Poetics III. 3.) beings with mixed characters. There is no mirror held up to inconsistent humanity. Duryodhana and his ninety-nine brothers are too uniformly vicious to be types of real men. Lakshmana has perhaps the most natural character among the heroes of the Ramayana, and Bhima among those of the Maha-bharata. In many respects the character of the latter is not unlike that of Achilles ; but in drawing his most human heroes the Indian poet still displays a perpetual tendency to run into...
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Página 39 - ... blind, may recover his sight. Yama consents, and bids her now return home. Still she persists in following. Two other boons are granted in the same way, and still Savitri follows closely on the heels of the king of death. At' last, overcome by her constancy, Yama grants her a boon without exception.