 Other deities, belonging to those several regions, are portions of the (three) gods; for they are variously named and described, on account of their different operations; but (in fact) there is only one deity; the great soul (Mahan atma).  Miscellaneous essays - Page 27by Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Annie Wood Besant - Fiction - 2005 - 204 pages
...standest alone" ("Sacred Anthology," by MD Conway, pp. 74, 75). "There is only one Deity, the great soul. He is called the Sun, for he is the soul of all beings. That which is One, the wise call it in divers manners. Wise poets, by words, make the beautiful- winged... | |
 | H. T. Colebrooke - 2006 - 564 pages
...of their different operations: but [in fact] there is only one deity, THE GREAT SOUL (Mahdn dtmd). He is called the sun; for he is the soul of all beings:...that is declared by the sage, "the sun is the soul of (jagaf) what moves, and of (tasthmhas) that which is fixed." Other deities are portions of him: and... | |
 | Charles Coleman - 2006 - 504 pages
...to their different operations ; but, in fact, there is only one deity, the great soul (Mahamatma). He is called the sun, for he is the soul of all beings." This article, with the preceding one, will shew that the Hindu scriptures recognised but one God, though... | |
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