The Rig Veda

The Rig Veda PDF Author: Ralph T. H. Griffith, Translator
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465579494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1187

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The Rig Veda

The Rig Veda PDF Author: Ralph T. H. Griffith, Translator
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465579494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1187

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The Rigveda Samhita

The Rigveda Samhita PDF Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542459075
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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The present volume is an unabridged edition of the Rigveda, part of a five volume set of the complete Veda Samhitas. Each Veda has been proofed and all Sanskrit terms updated and synced between versions. An index is provided at the close of each volume for all Sanskrit terms that were left untranslated. -- Volumes available in this set: 1. Rigveda 978-1542459075; 2. White Yajurveda 978-1542459105; 3. Black Yajurveda 978-1542462525; 4. Samaveda 978-1542463379; 5. Atharvaveda 978-1542464222. -- A single volume edition of all Vedas is also available: 978-1541294714 - - From the foreword: The Vedas (from the root vid, "to know," or "divine knowledge") are the most ancient of all the Hindu scriptures. There were originally three Vedas-the Laws of Manu always speaks of the three, as do the oldest (Mukhya) Upanishads-but a later work called the Atharvaveda has been added to these, to now constitute the fourth. The name Rigveda signifies "Veda of verses," from rig, a spoken stanza; Samaveda, the "Veda of chants," from saman, a song or chant; Yajurveda, the "Veda of sacrificial formulas," from yajus, a sacrificial text. The Atharvaveda derives its name from the sage Atharvan, who is represented as a Prajapati, the edlest son of Brahma, and who is said to have been the first to institute the fire-sacrifices. The complex nature of the Vedas and the array of texts associated with them may be briefly outlined as follows: "The Rig-Veda is the original work, the Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda in their mantric portions are different arrangements of its hymns for special purposes. The Vedas are divided into two parts, the Mantra and Brahmana. The Mantra part is composed of suktas (hymns in verse); the Brahmana part consists of liturgical, ritualistic, exegetical, and mystic treatises in prose. The Mantra or verse portion is considered more ancient than the prose works; and the books in which the hymns are collected are called samhitas (collections). More or less closely connected with the Brahmanans (and in a few exceptional cases with the Mantra part) are two classes of treatises in prose and verse called Aranyaka and Upanishad. The Vedic writings are again divided into two great divisions, exoteric and esoteric, the former called the karma-kanda (the section of works) and the latter the jnana-kanda (section of wisdom)." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) The great antiquity of the Vedas is sufficiently proven by the fact that they are written in such an ancient form of Sanskrit, so different from the Sanskrit now used, that there is no other work like them in the literature of this "eldest sister" of all the known languages, as Prof. Max Muller calls it. Only the most learned of the Brahman Pundits can read the Vedas in their original. Furthermore, the Vedas cannot be viewed as singular works by singular authors, but rather as compilations, assembled over a great and unknown period of time. "Almost every hymn or division of a Veda is ascribed to various authors. It is generally believed that these subdivisions were revealed orally to the rishis or sages whose respective names they bear; hence the body of the Veda is known as sruti (what was heard) or divine revelation. The very names of these Vedic sages, such as Vasishtha, Visvamitra, and Narada, all of which belong to men born in far distant ages, shows that millennia must have elapsed between the different dates of their composition." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) It is generally agreed that the Vedas were finally arranged and compiled around fourteen centuries before our era; but this interferes in no way with their great antiquity, as they are acknowledged to have been long taught and passed down orally, perhaps for thousands of years, perhaps for far longer, before being finally compiled and recorded (the latter is traditionally said to have occurred on the shores of Lake Manasarovara, beyond the Himalayas).

Aitareya Brahmana

Aitareya Brahmana PDF Author: Theodor Aufrecht
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337385422
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Aitareya Brahmana is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Vedas

The Vedas PDF Author: Jon William Fergus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541294714
Category : Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Compiled, edited and re-formatted, 2017"

Rig-Veda-sanhita

Rig-Veda-sanhita PDF Author: Friedrich Max Müller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vedas
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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A Vedic Reader for Students

A Vedic Reader for Students PDF Author: Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vedic language
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Hymns from the Rig Veda

Hymns from the Rig Veda PDF Author: Prem Raval
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895819970
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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The Rig Veda, core of the Hindu scriptural canon, is a collection of over a thousand hymns; above all it is a glorious song of praise to the gods, the cosmic powers at work in nature and in man.The presentation of the twelve hymns in this book makes available a portion of one of the major scriptures of humanity in contemporary idioms (English, French, German, and Spanish) that reflect the quality, substance, and form of the original.

Rig-Veda Sanhitá

Rig-Veda Sanhitá PDF Author: H. H. Wilson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331688184
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Excerpt from Rig-Veda Sanhita A Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns, Constituting the Second Ashtaka, or Book, of the Rig-Veda; The Oldest Authority for the Religious and Social Institutions of the Hindus, Translated From the Original Sanskrit The publication Of the text of the second division Of the Eig Veda, by Professor Muller, affords safe authority for the continuance of the translation, which is therefore now Offered to the public, under the same liberal patronage of the Court Of Directors of the east-india Company under which the pre ceding volume appeared, and Without which it would probably have been withheld from the press: little interest in the work having been manifested in this country, however indispensable the Vedas may be to an accurate knowledge of the religious Opinions of the ancient world, and of the primaeval institu tions of the Hindus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Rigveda

The Rigveda PDF Author: Shrikant G. Talageri
Publisher: Aditya Prakashan, Publishers & Booksellers
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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In the present volume,the author has confirmed emphatically that India was also the original homeland not only of the Indo-Aryans but also of the Indo-Iranians and the Indo-Europeans.

Ṛgveda for the Layman

Ṛgveda for the Layman PDF Author: Shyam Ghosh
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 888

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"Hindu reference, view of the ancient scripture, explaination of vedic words."