Pinnacles of India's Past (University of Pennsylvania Studies on South Asia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027233853 ISBN 13: 9789027233851

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986

Synopsis

The Ṛgveda 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 Ṛgveda has been transmitted, in ten divisions, called maṇḍalas. This volume consists of a selection of hymns, translated into English and annotated, as well as short introductions to the Ṛgveda as a whole and the different themes around which the selected hymns are grouped, a bibliography, and an index.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 9027233853
• ISBN 13: 9789027233851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 363