Apte : Vāmana Shivaram (1858-92), lexicographer of Sanskrit, who wrote or compiled as many as six books, including dictionaries that are still in use.
... idea of an Indra festival. It is apparently referred to in R.-V.I. 10.1: Brāhmaṇas tvā śatakrata udvam-śam iva yemire - 'Worshippers held thee aloft as it were (on) a pole.' " 12 V.M. Apte strikes a neutral note: "Whether fetishism is to be read into a reference to an image of Indra and whether the worship of idols or images of gods was known to the Rigveda, are points on which... but the Rigveda's door can never be closed on any account against the Harappā Culture's iconism. Now for the worship of the Bull. Cows are indeed in the forefront in the Vedic hymns. Also, as Apte tells us, "the name Aghnyā ('not to be killed'), applied several times to the cow, shows that the cow was coming to be regarded as a sacred animal." 14 But it would be well to remember Sri ... to the effect that just as Aditī, the supreme Prakriti or Nature-force, is spoken of as the Cow, the Deva or Purusha, the supreme Being or Soul, is described as Vrishabha or Vrishan, the Bull. 15 Apte too notes that Indra is sometimes conceived as a bull. 16 A hymn to Agni (I. 27.1) names one Tryaruna "son of the triple Bull" (trivṛṣṇa) - the triple Bull being, according to Sri Aurobindo, ...
... be a printer's mistake. 2."Religion and Philosophy", The Age of Imperial Unity, p. 456. 3. Ibid., p. 451. 4.V. M. Apte, "Religion and Philosophy", ibid., p. 449. 5. Ibid. 6.Sircar, "Religion and Philosophy", ibid., p. 437. 7.Apte, loc. cit. Page 579 Another indication of antiquity is underlined by B. P. Sinha: 1 "Kautilya refers to Samkarshana... cause the worship of cows, through force if need be'." Very plausibly an Asura Krishna like the "loud-yelling" chieftain is the associate of Kamsa in the Arthaśāstra. 1. Ibid., p. 586. 2. Apte, loc. cit., p. 451. 3. Hindu World: An Enclyclopedic Survey of Hinduism (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1968), Vol. I, Page 588 A hint of this pejorative nomenclature from ...
... thoughted and fateful speech." सुमहोदयं having mighty consequences. 10) अयं here beside me. See verse 4. Yudhisthere is sitting just by Krishna, separated by him [from] Virata. अक्षवती not given by Apte. 11) तरसा. तरस् expresses any swift, violent & impetuous act; anything that has the momentum of strength & impulse or fire & energy 1 सत्यरथैर् This is a word of doubtful import. It may [mean]... संवत्सरः which the mind supplies from वर्षाणि in the last line; a verb also has to be supplied from चीर्णं. This is the true Vyasa style. निविष्ट. निविशः to abide. This sense, though not given in Apte may be deduced from निवेशः Impersonal. It has been dwelt [ incomplete ] Page 346 13) It will be seen from Krishna's attitude here as elsewhere that he was very far from being the engineer ...
... Vedic and Philological Studies Mandala Four Glossary 2.1 अरतिः Apte. Anger, passion .. 2 Ved. going, moving .. 3 moving flame .. 4 occupying, attacking .. 5 servant, manager, assistant .. 6 master .. 7 an intelligent being. अर् (ऋ) indicates any strong or laborious movement or action or preeminent position .. eg to climb, to fight, to... to cultivate. In the Veda it seems to indicate at least in its surface sense Agni as one who travels between heaven and earth through the mid air. 2 ऋष्व Sayana. 1. beautiful. 2. great. Apte. Ved. great, noble, high. But cf kindred words. ऋष् = 1. to go, approach, flow, glide —movement 2. to push —movement, pressure 3. to kill, injure, pierce —hostile pressure [ऋषभ bull ...
... atomic nature.. Anima fineness smallness अणुक very small, atomic.. subtle .. acute आणवीन fit to bear अणु (Panicum Miliaceum) अण्वी Vd finger (Say.)? (Apte query) अण्वं fine hole in Soma strainer (?) (do) [4] Notes अहम् from OS [Old Sanskrit] अह् to breathe. Proof—from derivatives अहः = originally life (cf प्राणः), then day... (removing the defect of the calendar). 8. Frost or snow, remover of sweetness or pleasure. मलिष्ठा A woman in her course. Superlative from मल in the same sense as मलाका. Rt मल् Sanscrit. (Apte) मल् to hold, possess (1A. 10U.) मल dirty; mean; wicked; godless. मलं, मलः dirt, impurity; dregs, sediment, excrement; dross, rust, alloy; sin; bodily excretions; camphor; ...
... Manjumdar and A. S. Altekar (Motilal Banarsidass, Lahore, 1946), VI Ancient India, Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, Nos. 10 & 11, 1954-55 Anguttara Nikāya Apte, V. M., "Social and Economic Conditions", The Vedic Age, edited by R.C. Majumdar and A.D. Pusalker (Macmillan, London, 1953). Page 606 Archaeological Survey of India... 170 Aornos, 87 Apāpāpurikalpa, 475fn. Aparānta, 471, 478, 530 Apastamba Grihya Sūtra, 579 Aphsad inscription, 486, 492 Āpīlaka, 571, 572 Appian, 192, 193, 246, 526 Apte, V. M., 84 Āra inscription, 454 Arachosia, 452, 525, 593 Aramaic text, 309-11, 313-4 Arāttas, 162 Arbela, 250 Arbitai, 530 Arbupales, 272 Argesinae/Agesinae ( ...
... one for warmth & the other for acceptance of the sun, etc. In Sanscrit, अपध्यानात् the meaning unknown. Without reflection, prerana suggested "curse"; the commentary consulted gave दुश्चिन्तनं but Apte gives also "cursing". Page 195 Such trikaldrishtis were constant throughout the morning and usually accurate, even when received without previous sanyama or suggested to the intellect. The ...
... Indeed the Fire-cult is an organic part not only of the Rigvedics' religion, but also of the whole group to which the 262. Op. cit. , p. 144. Page 313 Rigvedics belonged. V.M. Apte 263 has truly said: "The sacrificial fire is, in fact, an Indo-European institution, as the Romans and the Greeks and the Irānians also had the custom of offering gifts to the gods in fire." The author ...
... 261 Anderson, James, 169 Andhras, 296 Andronovo culture, 209, 311, 323, 324 Angirases, 418, 419 Anitabha, 284, 285 an-rc, 309 anya-vrata, 309 Apte, V.M., 314 Arachosia, 268, 269, 291 a-radhas 309, 347 Aral Sea, 285 Aranyakas, 246 Arbuda, 329, 332 arcat , 243 Arctic, 158, 168 ardhadevam, 409-10 ...
... Select Bibliography Anirvan Shrimat, Vedic Exegesis, in Cultural Heritage of India, Ramakrishana Mission Institute of Culture, 1958, Calcutta, second revised edition, Vol. I. Apte, V.M., The Vedangas, in Cultural Heritage of India, R M Institute of Culture, 1958, Calcutta, second revised edition, Vol. I. Balasubramanian, R., Primal Spirituality of the Vedas, Delhi, 1996 ...
... anything about Russo-Finnish War. Perhaps it is too hazardous! But who is this Indian religious leader who is going to meet a violent death? Abul Kalam Azad? PURANI: And who is the cinema star? Shanta Apte will again fast? SRI AUROBINDO: And the director will kill her in a fit of rag (Laughter) NIRODBARAN: Some Dev, a friend of Mohini, has come to see the Ashram. SRI AUROBINDO: Is he one of ...
... hinges on the Law of Contradiction. The Absolute and the relative are irreconcilable opposites. Oneness with God is incompatible 14. Brahma-Sutra Sankara-Bhasya , Eng. Trans. V.M. Apte, Bombay: 'opular Book Depot. 15. Ibid. , III. ii. 11. 16. Ibid ., III. ii. 21. Page 387 with the idea of having relations with Him. In Oneness the One is Himself the enjoyer ...
... approach (16.6.1990). Archaeological remains of animals [cited in letter to K.D. Sethna]. Anderson, James, Structural Aspects of Language Change (Longmans, London, 1973). Apte, V.M., "Religion and Philosophy", "Social and Economic Conditions", in The Vedic Age, ed. R.C. Majumdar and A.D. Pusalker (Allen & Unwin, London, 1952). Asthana, Shashi, Pre-Harappān Cultures ...
... History of Sanskrit Literature could still write of these forts: "There is nothing to show that they were inhabited, much less that the pur ever meant a town or city as it did in later times." 20 Even Apte, writing in 1952 in full sight of the elaborately excavated Harappān cities, reaffirmed that "the so-called strongholds or forts" had been earth-work structures, with a protective barrier which "could ...
... 73 Amurru, 88 anas, 113-114 Anatolia, 89 Anau, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77 AngiRasā Rishis, 79, 80 Anjira, 69, 76 Antonini, C.S., 7 Apaya, 16 Apte, V.M., 41, 42, 46, 103 Archaeological Survey of India, 111 Arctic allusion, 75, 79 Arctic home, 78, 79, 81 Arctic memories, 79, 82 Arctic regions ...
... houses itself in the body nor that which universalises itself; vanished has the evil that resides in the activities & that of imperfect vision; let not the Serpent find me with the attack. अजकावं. Apte a disease of the eye .. a venomous vermin. (2) That which becomes a pleasant evil in the various parts of the solid being and enters the knees & the ankles, may Agni burning purely repel it hence; ...
... taught the Indians to sow the land, first yoked oxen to the plough, made many of the Indians husbandmen out of nomads, furnished them with the implements of agriculture, and founded cities. As V. M. Apte 3 writes, the Atharvaveda (VIII. 10.24) gives Prithu (or to use its peculiar spelling, Prithī) Vainya "the credit of introducing the art of ploughing". Pusalker 4 sums up many of his constructive ...
... Jivas". 74 Ibid.X.l. 75 Ibid. X.7,8,9. 76 Ibid. X.10,11. 77 Ibid. XVIII.56. 78 Ibid. XVIII.65,66. 79 Tantra" has been used in various senses in the Sanskrit literature. Apte has given 31 meanings in his Sanskrit-English dictionary. Tantra is so-called because it gives a body of "acts", which are required for the realisation of the highest. Tantra is so-called also because ...
... (variously abbreviated as “S.”, “Say.”,“Saya.” or “Sy.”). Mandala Four [13] Circa 1920. Notes on the meanings of three words in the first two verses of RV IV.2 , with references to Vaman Shivram Apte’s Sanskrit- English dictionary. Mandala Five [14] Circa 1917. Notes on words and phrases in RV V.1 – 2. Sri Aurobindo’s final translation of these Suktas is published in Hymns to the Mystic... middle of the “Origines Aryacae” notebook, shortly after entries in the Record of Yoga for July 1912. The meanings of Sanskrit words listed in these and many of the subsequent notes largely follow Apte’s Sanskrit-English dictionary. [3] 1914. This listing of the meanings of the roots an and an . and their derivatives was written just before the discursive treatment of the “An” family published in... Roots in ch . Circa 1912. These notes occur shortly after those reproduced in item [3] of the preceding series. Here a preliminary list of Sanskrit words and their meanings, largely copied from Apte’s dictionary with some rearrangement of the order, is summarised and followed by a numbered classification of significances. Roots in j and jh . [1] 1912 – 13. Sanskrit words arranged by significance- ...
... expressly given of the way in which the Theosophists arrive at their results & shows both their sincerity & the possibilities and pitfalls of their method. 4) Three sortileges. Katha Upanishad (Apte's edition) p. 82. (1)यव्दिज्ञानात्र किंचिदन्यत्प्रार्थयंते ब्राह्मणाः कथं तदधिगम । उच्यते—येन रूपं रसं गंधं शब्दान्स्पर्शांश्र्च मैथुनान् । एतेनैव विजानाति किमत्र परिशिषयते । एतव्दै तत् । This ...
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