Semantics of Rig Veda - Softcover

R.L. Kashyap

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8179940497 ISBN 13: 9788179940495

Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, 2006

Synopsis

Language: English
Pages: 197


About The Author

Dr. R.L. Kashyap is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indian in USA. He had his Master’s degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and obtained Ph. D from Harvard University. He is the recipient of many International awards. Recently he has received ‘Vedanga Vidvan’ award instituted by Maharshi Sandipani Vedavidya Pratishthan (Ujjain), and autonomous body of HRD, Govt. of India and ‘Jnana Keerti’ award instituted by Harsha Kriya Foundations, Bangalore.

He has authored more than 350 research articles of which 220 are published in scholarly journals and the rest were presented at conferences. He has guided above 50 doctoral students.

He has written extensively on Veda. Some of his widely read books on Veda are : ‘Why Read Rig Veda’. ‘Secrets of Atharva Veda’, ‘Essentials of Yajur Veda’, ‘Work, Enjoyment & Progress’ Divinizing Life’ etc.

He is the Honorary Director & Trustee of Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, Bangalore.

 

Note to the Readers

Syntax and Semantics are the two wings of a language. Syntax gives the set of rules to construct sentences which are legal in the language. Semantics is the study of the meanings of words and phrases. Every legal sentence need not be meaningful. For instance the sentence, ‘the mantra-chant smashed a hill’ is legally correct, but makes no sense. As discussed in the appendix, the Sanskrt of Veda mantras is substantially different from the classical Sanskrt of Veda mantras is substantially different from the classical Sanskrt. The grammar of the Sanskrt of Veda mantras is relatively simple consisting of short phrases an

Edition details

• Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8179940497
• ISBN 13: 9788179940495
• Binding: Paperback