We have in the Veda the invocations Dyaus pitar, the Greek Ze£ irdrep, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three languages what it . meant before these three languages were torn asunder — it means Heaven-Father! These two words are not mere... Gentilism: Religion Previous to Christianity - Page 144de Augustus J. Thébaud - 1876 - 525 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1870 - 844 pages
...for something else. We have in the Veda the invocation Dyaus pitar, the Greek Zri) mirep, the Latin Jupiter; and that means in all the three languages...least of that pure branch of it to which we belong — and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered, that this name was given to the unknown... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1870 - 80 pages
...for something else. We have in the Veda the invocation Vyaits pitar, the Greek Zeu iritrip, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three languages...the oldest poem, the oldest prayer of mankind, or at 1 Sk. dama, $¿pos, domus, Goth, tirarjan, 'to build,' SI. dom. Sk. vtva, OLKOS, vicus, Goth, veih-s.... | |
| 1870 - 880 pages
...for something else. We have in the Veda the invocation Dyaus pitar, the Greek ZcO mirep, the Latin Jupiter; and that means in all the three languages...asunder — it means Heaven-Father ! These two words arc not mere words ; they are to my mind the oldest poem, the oldest prayer of mankind, or at least... | |
| 1870 - 618 pages
...Tiu in German. . . . We have in the Veda the invocation Dyaus pitar, the Greek Zev -rrdrep, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three languages...languages were torn asunder — it means Heaven-Father !"* The word Prithivi has no connection with any Greek word of the same meaning. It may have supplanted... | |
| 1870 - 614 pages
...invocation Dyaus pitar, the Greek ZeO Trarep, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three language<* what it meant before these three languages were torn asunder — it means Heaven-Father !"* The word Prithivi has no connection with any Greek word of the same meaning. It may have supplanted... | |
| Illustrated review - 1871 - 520 pages
...the Dyans Pitar of the Veda, the Greek ZtO nunp, the Latin Jupiter and our own " Heavenly Father?" "These two words are not mere words : they are to...oldest poem, the oldest prayer of mankind, or at least that pure branch of it to which we belong — and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered,... | |
| 1872 - 472 pages
...which means just what it did before these three languages were torn asunder — Heaven -Father! This is the oldest poem, the oldest prayer, of mankind, or,...least, of that pure branch of it to which we belong. And when we nfiw wish to express both awe and love, we can do only what our fathers did when gazing... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1872 - 340 pages
...that means in all the three languages what it 1 Sie Chips from a German Workshop, vol. ii. p. 22,sey. meant before these three languages were torn asunder...— it means Heaven-Father ! These two words are not tfere words ; they are to my mind the oldest poem, the oldest prayer of mankind, or at least of that... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 458 pages
...for something else. We have in the Veda the invocations Dyans pitar, the Greek Z«/ irdrep, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three languages...least of that pure branch of it to which we belong — and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered, that this name was given to the unknown... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 454 pages
...for something else. We have in the Veda the invocations Dyaus pitar, the Greek Ze£ irdrep, the Latin Jupiter ; and that means in all the three languages...least of that pure branch of it to which we belong — and I am as firmly convinced that this prayer was uttered, that this name was given to the unknown... | |
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