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Drishtam implies 'Sruti', for it is as authoritative as anything seen.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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True to the meaning of its title - referring to Hindu religious literature inspired by divine revelation - "Sruti" sounds quietly fetching and mystical, with three-part harmonies twisting around each other like ivy on an oak.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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There are a few places, though ( "Black Is the Color," the intro to "Sruti"), where the Dry Spells sound cloyingly new agey, almost as if they were Loreena McKennitt redux; Harbour,
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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In The Dry Spells '"Sruti," three-part harmonies twist around each other like ivy on an oak.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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It is said in the Sruti-Mantras that the all-perfect Lord threw a glance over matter and thus created all living beings.
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O king, in thee dwelleth that understanding furnished with the eight attributes which is said to be capable of providing against all evils and which resulteth from a study of the Sruti
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Giving up dry disputation, have recourse to Sruti and Smriti, and seek thou, with the aid of thy reason, the knowledge of the Undecaying One that is without a second.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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As for the Upanishads, which are regarded as _Sruti_ or inspired, Professor Max Müller, in his
Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood
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O king, in thee dwelleth that understanding furnished with the eight attributes which is said to be capable of providing against all evils and which resulteth from a study of the _Sruti (Vedas) _ and scriptures!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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As the full-moon by its mild light expandeth the buds of the water-lily, so this Purana, by exposing the light of the Sruti hath expanded the human intellect.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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