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Genealogy of the South-Indian Gods; A Manual of the Mythology and Religion of the People of Southern India, Including a Description of Popular Hinduis - Softcover
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. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...the loss of the child would be exceedingly painful for the mother, he took a stalk of grass, called piiuaauuiea Darbha-pullu, springled it with water, beat it with his staff, called petai--ninisu Danda-yudha, and produced thus a child like Kusa. Sita, having finished her devotion, came again to the priest to pay him her respects, when she saw a little child lie near him weeping; whereupon she asked him: " Lord, whence is this child?" Then he told her what had happened, and how he had produced the child, and that she should now adopt it as her son, which she then also did, naming him Lava. When the children were three years old, they could already read and write, understood the law, and practiced military exercises. In their sixth year they were able to use the bow skillfully, and went out every dny to shoot all the wild beasts jthey met e,ih, and Him-) robbers. Meanwhile it became known ki the country that there were in the forest where the SHge Valmiki resided two boys who killed robbers, giants, and all kinds of wild beasts. Then it happened that Rama and his brother Lakshmana came into the same forest for the purpose of hunting, and the boys, who were also out hunting, saw them, and supposing that the new-comers were robbers, they aimed their arrows at them and put them to flight. In the meanwhile the sage Valmiki, wondering why the boys did not return for such a long time, went out to seek them, when he found them engaged in a conflict with Rama and Lakshmana; and recognizing the strangers, he told the boys that Rama was their father, and having reconciled both parties with each other, he led them to his hermitage, prepared a meal, and reconciled Rama also with his wife Sita. Then, having received the blessing of the sage, Rama...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230262695
- ISBN 13 9781230262697
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages102
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