Pinnacles of India's past : selections from the Rgveda / translated and annotated by Walter H. Maurer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maurer, Walter Harding, 1921-2007.

Series:

University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ; v. 2.

University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ; v. 2

Standardized Title:

Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vedic literature.

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Hinduism.

Vedas. R̥gveda--Selections.

Vedas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 350 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The R̥gveda is the oldest of the books that comprise the scriptures of Hinduism. While its age cannot be accurately determined, it can be said with reasonable certainty that it must have existed in its present form at least as early as 1000 BC. It consists of 1,028 hymns, arranged, according to the form in which the R̥gveda has been transmitted, in ten divisions, called mandalas. This volume consists of a selection of hymns, translated into English and annotated, as well as short introductions to the R̥gveda as a whole and the different themes around which the selected hymns are grouped.

Contents:

PINNACLES OF INDIA'S PAST SELECTIONS FROM THE RGVEDA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; Table of contents; A Communication to the Reader; A Brief Introduction to the Rgveda; Selected Hymns; List of the Selected Hymns Arranged According to Their Sequence in the Rgveda; Bibliography; The series University of Pennsylvania Studies on South Asia

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-272-8631-0

1-283-09297-2

90-272-3386-1

9786613092977

OCLC:

714568553