A Short History of Indian LiteratureT. F. Unwin, 1907 - 188 pages |
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ancient Arjun Aryan ascetics became Bharata Brahma Brahmanas Brahmins brother Buddha Buddhist called century Christian clans Court cousins Damayanti dampati deva dialect divine Draupadi Drupada Duryodhan earth Empire English epic eternal Europe faith forest goddess gods Gotama Greek heart Hindi Hindu Hinduism Hindustan holy honour Huns hymns India INDIAN LITERATURE Kâli Kâlidâsa Kanouj Kauravas King Harsha Koshala Krishna Kshatriyas Kuru land language Latin literary looked Magadha Mâgadhi Mahâ-Bhârata Manu mâya means mind Nala native Nature noble Oudh Pâli Panchâlas Pândava Paramahansa Persian poem poet poetry prayers Prince Prof Punjab Purânas race Râdha Râja Râma Râma's Râmâyana Râvana religion religious rites Roman root royal sacred sacrificial Sanskrit Shiva shrauta shruti Sîta song soul spirit sûtras sweet T. W. RHYS DAVIDS Tantra thee thought tion tongue tribes Ujain Upanishads Veda Vedanta Vedic village Vindhyas wisdom word worship Yudhishthir
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Page 66 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 134 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame ; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 34 - Learned as the gods' own teacher, — glorious as the sun is he ; With the earth's untiring patience, and great Indra's bravery." He is noble, " True, and great of soul, Bountiful is he, and modest, — every sense does he control. Gentle, brave, all creatures love him, — keeping in the righteous way, Number'd with the holy hermits, — pure and virtuous as they.
Page 70 - Thus he lives as a binder together of those who are divided, an encourager of those who are friends, a peacemaker, a lover of peace, impassioned for peace, a speaker of words that make for peace.
Page 35 - Supreme and nobler than the rest. Thereon with wondrous art designed Were turkis birds of varied kind, And many a sculptured serpent rolled His twisted coil in burnished gold. And steeds were there of noblest form, With flying feet as fleet as storm : And elephants with deftest skill Stood sculptured by a silver rill, Each bearing on his trunk a wreath Of lilies from the flood beneath. There Lakshmi, beauty's heavenly queen, Wrought by the artist's skill was seen Beside a flower-clad pool to stand,...
Page 63 - Full of hindrances is household life, a path defiled by passion: free as the air is the life of him who has renounced all worldly things.
Page 38 - ... bright fire in their native radiance move, Ravan in his rage and folly conquered not a faithful wife For like ray of sun unsullied is a righteous woman's life, Be the wide world now a witness, — pure and stainless is my dame, Rama shall not leave his consort till he leaves his righteous fame...
Page 23 - Take their love, 0 gracious monarch ! Let thy closing days be fair, Let Duryodhan keep his kingdom, let the Pandavs have their share. Call to mind their noble suffering, for the tale is dark and long, Of the outrage they have suffered, of the insult and the wrong...
Page 144 - Fellow be with kindly foemen, rather than with friends unkind ; Friend and foeman are distinguished not by title but by mind.' Thereupon they repaired to him : ' Good Crane,' they said, ' what course is there for safety ? ' ' Course of safety there is,' replied the Crane, ' to go elsewhere ; and I will carry you one by one to another pool, if you please.