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Frequency of consonants in Ṛgvedá. 🧵 https://t.co/fVudL1gY7q
Correspondence in the tripartite division of society in Vedic India and in Mazdaean Iran. https://t.co/jkuVHuWRJ3
Agní is more closely connected with human life than any other god. Agní dwells in every abode (नि॑ष॒साद॒ दमे॑दमे … क॒विर् गृ॒हप॑ति॒र् युवा॑), never leaving his home (अप्रो॑षिवान्...
Mánu was the institutor of sacrifice (yajñá). For when he had kindled the fire, he presented the first offering with the seven priests to the gods (होत्रां॑ प्रथ॒माम् आ॑ये॒जे मनुः...
The soul after death, in the Veda 🧵 Proceeding by the path which the fathers trod (प॒थिभिः॑ पू॒र्व्येभि॒र् यत्रा॑ नः॒ पूर्वे॑ पि॒तरः॑ परे॒युः), the spirit of the deceased goes to...
Parjánya thunders with lightning in the [aerial] ocean (अ॒भ्यक्र॑न्दत् प॒र्जन्यो॑ वि॒द्युता॑ स॒ह). He is besought for rains (म॒यो॒भुवो॑ वृ॒ष्टयः॑ सन्त्व॒स्मे), and is therefore th...
A condensed list of resources for Vedic #Sanskrit. • course by LRC (Univ of Texas), 10/10 resource with lots of examples https://t.co/SKycZusMJl • Macdonell's Vedic Grammar for...