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The Cârvâkas are the first system examined in the Sarva-darśana-saṅgraha, which is written from the
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896
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The word translated as “to grasp” (grub-pa, Skt. graha) actually means only “to take something as a cognitive object.”
The Validity and Accuracy of Cognition of the Two Truths in Gelug-Prasangika 2006
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If an evil-omened planet (papa-graha) sheds its influence upon any of the nine constellations beginning with Aswini, it forebodes danger to Aswapatis; if on any of the nine beginning with Magha, it forebodes danger to Gajapatis; and if on any of the nine beginning with
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Aditi is also known by the name of Revati; her evil spirit is called Raivata, and that terrible graha also afflicts children.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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She who is known as Putana Rakshasi by the learned is the graha called Putana; that fierce and terrible looking
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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What Vyasa says here, therefore, is that one or another papa-graha has shed its influence upon one another of each of the three classes of constellations, thus foreboding danger to all classes of kings.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Yéna tyakténa bhunjithá má graha kasyasvit dhanam.
Creative Unity Rabindranath Tagore 1901
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Skanda's own son is Viç [= a] kha, a _graha_ (above, p. 415).] [Footnote 87: Çiva at the present day, for instance, is represented now and then as a man, and he is incarnate as
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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This is called _nau-graha_ or _nau-giri_ and represents the nine planets which are worshipped at weddings -- that is, the sun, moon and the five planets, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The matters touched upon in those questions and answers are the nature of the senses and sense objects viewed as graha and atigraha; water being the food of fire; the non-separation of the prânas from the soul at the time of death; the continuance of the fame -- there called
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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