This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...of Agni, 'purisha' seems, however, to be taken in yet another, more subtle sense, the author apparently connecting with it its etymological meaning of 'that which fills, fillings, Germ. Fiillung, Filllsel;' whilst the reference to cattle might also seem to point to the later ordinary meaning, 'faeces, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...of Agni, 'purisha' seems, however, to be taken in yet another, more subtle sense, the author apparently connecting with it its etymological meaning of 'that which fills, fillings, Germ. Fiillung, Filllsel;' whilst the reference to cattle might also seem to point to the later ordinary meaning, 'faeces, manure.' Mahidhara, on the force of the symbolical identification 'pajavo vai purisham, ' seems straightway to take 'purisha' as a synonym of 'paju/ when he says, --purishebhyaA parubhyo hitaA purishyaA. Sayawa's comment here is corrupt, --p&ravo vai purishaw purawamuhi(?) karyaw pajavaA purayanti. now soil means cattle: thus, 'from the earth's lap bring thou Agni, favourable to cattle, as Agni (did)!'--'by the Trish/ubh metre, Ahgiraslike!' he thereby takes it with the Trishiubh metre and thus lays into it the Trish/ubh metre. 39-V&f-S. XI, 10 'A spade thou art, '--for a spade it is: he thus takes it by means of the truth;--'A woman thou art!'--the spade is a thunderbolt, and the woman is a female, and a female injures no one: he thus appeases it so as not to do any injury. 'By thee may we be able to dig out Agni in the seat!' the seat no doubt is this (spot): thus, 'By thee may we be able to dig out Agni in this seat (place).'--'By the Cagati metre, Afigiras-like!' he thus takes it up by means of the 7agati metre, and lays the Cagati metre into it. 40. With three (formulas) he takes it up, --threefold is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he thus takes it. Having taken it up with three (formulas), he addresses it with a fourth; for the gods having thus taken it with three (formulas), then laid vigour into it by means of a fourth; and in like manner does he now, after taking it up with three (formulas), l
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