Author: Philomen Probert
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199609926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Leading scholars from all over the world reassess the operation of the laws and rules in Indo-European which constrain the reconstructions and etymologies on which knowledge of the history and prehistory of the language family is based. The book makes an important contribution to the history of ancient languages.
Laws and Rules in Indo-European
Author: Philomen Probert
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199609926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Leading scholars from all over the world reassess the operation of the laws and rules in Indo-European which constrain the reconstructions and etymologies on which knowledge of the history and prehistory of the language family is based. The book makes an important contribution to the history of ancient languages.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199609926
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Leading scholars from all over the world reassess the operation of the laws and rules in Indo-European which constrain the reconstructions and etymologies on which knowledge of the history and prehistory of the language family is based. The book makes an important contribution to the history of ancient languages.
Catalogue
Author: W. Heffer & Sons
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Indo-European Poetry and Myth
Author: M. L. West
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191565407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to elements of common heritage. In The East Face of Helicon (1997), West showed the extent to which Homeric and other early Greek poetry was influenced by Near Eastern traditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-European heritage in the Greek material. Topics covered include the status of poets and poetry in Indo-European societies; metre, style, and diction; gods and other supernatural beings, from Father Sky and Mother Earth to the Sun-god and his beautiful daughter, the Thunder-god and other elemental deities, and earthly orders such as Nymphs and Elves; the forms of hymns, prayers, and incantations; conceptions about the world, its origin, mankind, death, and fate; the ideology of fame and of immortalization through poetry; the typology of the king and the hero; the hero as warrior, and the conventions of battle narrative.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191565407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, and poetries, and points to elements of common heritage. In The East Face of Helicon (1997), West showed the extent to which Homeric and other early Greek poetry was influenced by Near Eastern traditions, mainly non-Indo-European. His new book presents a foil to that work by identifying elements of more ancient, Indo-European heritage in the Greek material. Topics covered include the status of poets and poetry in Indo-European societies; metre, style, and diction; gods and other supernatural beings, from Father Sky and Mother Earth to the Sun-god and his beautiful daughter, the Thunder-god and other elemental deities, and earthly orders such as Nymphs and Elves; the forms of hymns, prayers, and incantations; conceptions about the world, its origin, mankind, death, and fate; the ideology of fame and of immortalization through poetry; the typology of the king and the hero; the hero as warrior, and the conventions of battle narrative.
Siddha-bhāratī
Author: Vishva Bandhu
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 660
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Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde
Author: Georg Bühler
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A Classified Index to the Sanskrit Mss. in the Palace at Tanjore
Author: Tanjore Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvati Mahal Library
Publisher:
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Category : Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Catalogue of Foreign Books in the Tōkyō Imperial University
Author: Tōkyō Daigaku Fusoku Toshokan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : un
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : un
Pages : 484
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The Atharvaveda
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788121501729
Category : Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Description: Are the Vedas three or four in number? The Western scholars basing their arguments on the Purusasukta and the word abhicara meaning sorcery and charms have concluded that the Vedas are three and Atharvaveda does not belong to the main body as it deals with black magic. This conclusion is wrong; for, the Atharvaveda deals with all those evils that have plagued mankind from the dawn of creation and suggests remedies in the form of medicines and prayers. From the point of view usefulness, the Atharvaveda is the best for man, as it has prayers for his well-being. longevity, progeny and happy domestic life. Devi Chand's translation is based on Swami Dayanand's interpretation. He has also made use of the commentaries of eminent Indian and foreign Vedic scholars. He has spared no pains to bring home the message of the Atharvaveda to contemporary man. The notes, index and the introduction add to the value of this book. All those interested to find solutions to the myriad problems that affect them everyday shall find this book highly useful.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788121501729
Category : Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Description: Are the Vedas three or four in number? The Western scholars basing their arguments on the Purusasukta and the word abhicara meaning sorcery and charms have concluded that the Vedas are three and Atharvaveda does not belong to the main body as it deals with black magic. This conclusion is wrong; for, the Atharvaveda deals with all those evils that have plagued mankind from the dawn of creation and suggests remedies in the form of medicines and prayers. From the point of view usefulness, the Atharvaveda is the best for man, as it has prayers for his well-being. longevity, progeny and happy domestic life. Devi Chand's translation is based on Swami Dayanand's interpretation. He has also made use of the commentaries of eminent Indian and foreign Vedic scholars. He has spared no pains to bring home the message of the Atharvaveda to contemporary man. The notes, index and the introduction add to the value of this book. All those interested to find solutions to the myriad problems that affect them everyday shall find this book highly useful.
The Twin Horse Gods
Author: Henry John Walker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 085772441X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal magnificence or the ruling classes. Despite their popularity, no dedicated study has been published on the horse gods for over a hundred years. Henry John Walker here addresses this neglect. His comparative study traces the origins, meanings and applications of the twin divinities to social and ritual settings in Greece, Vedic India (where the brothers named Castor and Pollux were revered as Indo-European gods called the Asvins), Etruria and classical Rome. He demonstrates, for example, that since the Dioskouroi were regarded as being halfway between gods and men, so young Spartans - undergoing a fierce and rigorous military training - saw themselves as standing midway between animal and human. Such creative interpretations of the myth thus played a central role in the culture and society of antiquity.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 085772441X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal magnificence or the ruling classes. Despite their popularity, no dedicated study has been published on the horse gods for over a hundred years. Henry John Walker here addresses this neglect. His comparative study traces the origins, meanings and applications of the twin divinities to social and ritual settings in Greece, Vedic India (where the brothers named Castor and Pollux were revered as Indo-European gods called the Asvins), Etruria and classical Rome. He demonstrates, for example, that since the Dioskouroi were regarded as being halfway between gods and men, so young Spartans - undergoing a fierce and rigorous military training - saw themselves as standing midway between animal and human. Such creative interpretations of the myth thus played a central role in the culture and society of antiquity.