...Ronald Inden Mitra-Varuṇa: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty . By Georges Dumézil . Translated by Derek Coltman . New York : Zone Books , 1988 . 189 pp. $21.95. The Destiny of a King . By Georges Dumézil . Translated by Alf Hiltebeitel . Chicago...

... e.g., Dumézil , L'idéologie tripartie , p. 34 f,; Les dieux des indo-européens ( Paris 1952 ), p. 9 ff.; Mitra-Varuṇa , passim; Mythe et épopée ( Paris 1968 ), p. 147. 7 I refer to my recent publications The Dual Deities in the Religion of the Veda ( Amsterdam Acad...

... draws his authority exclusively from water. Different hymns or verses suggest other forces as well. 37 Mbh. Śalya P. 47 . 5–10. The Agni Parāṇa suggests that the sovereignty of water was conferred upon Varuna by Lord Hari. ( Agni Parāṇa I. XIX. 21 ). 4 Mahāvaṃsa...

... reviews extant literature but also adds new insights into the origins of the Korean quagmire. B. C. KOH University of Illinois at Chicago SOUTH ASIA Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty. By GEORGES DUMEZIL. Translated by DEREK COLTMAN. New York: Zone Books, 1988. 189...

... in Mitra-Varuna: essat stir deux représentations indo-européennes de la souveraineté ( Paris : Presses Universitaires de France , 1940 ), revised 1948, with many follow-up studies, especially Naissance d'archanges: essai stir la formation de la théologie zoroastrienne ( Paris : Gallimard , 1945...

... supporting the link between the Maitravaruna priest and the gods Mitra and Varuna, the author contemplates the significance of this identification in his concluding arguments. Using examples from the Brahmanas, he returns to the roles of these two gods as heavenly priests, representatives of thought...

... of the Praisddhydya, a section of Rg Veda Khila literature, which is the source material for much of the presentation of the sacrifices. After leading the reader in excruciating detail through arguments supporting the link between the Maitravaruna priest and the gods Mitra and Varuna, the author contemplates...

... principle" (tamas), his precursors from the Vedic-Brahmanical period are such deities as Varuna, Yama, Nirrti, Agni, Kala, The mother-goddess, and Kama. Visnu, the "passive and good principle" (sattva), is represented by the Vedic solar gods Savitr, Surya, Vivasvat, Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, Daksa, Indra...

... respectively by a pair of gods, such as the Vedk figures Mitra and Varuna, the Norse gods, Tӯr and Odin, and the.Roman divinities Dius, Fidius and Jupiter. The second principle (i.e.. the “second function”) concerned the exercise of physical prowess and was represented by such warlike figures as Indra...

..., 1962], p. 298) and H. Liider's precise "deren Gatte das Meer ist, deren Kbnig das Meer ist" (Varuna, vol. 1 {Gb'ttingen: Vandenhoek and Ruprecht, 1951], p. 131). If he had a reason to abandon these translations that seem to make excellent sense, he should have told us so; but there is no word about...

... Northmen : Berkeley , 1973 ). This work contains introductory essays by Littleton (pp. ix-xviii) and Udo Strutynski (pp. xix-xliii). These five publications, plus the forthcoming third edition of Mitra-Varuṇa , to be translated by Rodney Needham, bring welcome relief from the drought of published...

...). With such assumptions (i.e., conclusions) in mind, Bhattacharji organizes her book around the above "Triad" and comparative methodology. With Siva representing the lunar, "active, evil principle" (tamas), his precursors from the Vedic-Brahmanical period are such deities as Varuna, Yama, Nirrti, Agni, Kala, The mother...

... on the Sexuality and Homosexuality of North India.” MS. Kane P. V. 1930 – 1962 . History of Dharmaśāstra . Vols. 1–5. Poona : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute . Kiparsky Paul . 1979 . Pāṇini as a Variationist . Cambridge : M.I.T. Press . Kuiper F. B. J. 1979 . Varuṇa and Vidū...

... : Oriental Book Agency , 1951 ), 20 : Pampā is a new ocean created by Varuṇa after Agastya drank up the sea. The verse quoted above appears in the introduction to a haunting lament by Rāma, who is forlornly searching for the lost Sītā; this lament in turn introduces the Vālin-Sugrīva episode. The initial...

..., another Saivite shrine, is said in local legend to have been founded by immigrants. Karttikeya, Varuna, Indra, and Rama were known in preBuddhist Ceylon as well as among the early Tamils; pre-Buddhist Anuradhapura already had Brahmans, Jainas, Ajivikas, and other ascetics, whose cults apparently arrived...

..., in which she offers the plates with the words, 'Whatever sin we have committed in the village, in the forest, among men and in ourselves, that by sacrifice we remove here,' and further on an offering is made to Varuna, who is asked to spare the lives of his suppliants and not be wroth."39 In another...

... [ R O B E R T ERIC FRYKENBERG] D O N N A N , Marriage Among Muslims: Preferences and Choice in Northern Pakistan [GREGORY c. KOZLOWSKI] DUMEZIL; COLTMAN (trans Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty [RONALD I N D E N ] DUMEZIL; HILTEBEITEL (trans The Destiny...

..., "and at a signal given, both immerse themselves in the water at the same instant." That party whose name was represented by the slave who was able to remain immersed for a longer time than the other was regarded as victorious.40 The interpretation was that in such a way the gods Surya, Chandra, Varuna, and Yama...

..." is not matched in India. In Sanskrit literature from classical times, it is said that an Indian king is a great god in human form,100 a god born on earth,101 not to be despised even as an infant because he is really a god,102 and comparable to Indra, the sun, the wind, Yama, Varuna, and other gods in his...

... Vishnu; with an explanation of VSrSftra-yna, Apollo and . [Hymnes a Varuna: notes] Paris, Editions E. de Boccard, 1960. 104 p. (His Etudes Vedi- Frey. Archiv orientdlni 28 [no.] 1 (1960), 103- ques et Panineennes, t. 7. Publications de l'ln- 126. stitut de Civilisation Indienne, fasc. 12) MAHADEVAN, T...