A Vedic Reader for Students (7th Edition)

Arthur Anthony Macdonell

ISBN 10: 8120810171 / ISBN 13: 9788120810174

Published by Motilal Banarsidass, 2015

About this Item

The Reader by A. A. Macdonell is meant to be a companion volume to his Vedic Grammer for Students. It contains thirty hymns selected from the Rgveda primarily for students who while acquainted with classical sanskrit are beginners of vedic lacking the aid of a teacher with adequate knowledge of the earliest period of the language and literature of India. In conjunction with the author's Vedic Grammar the reader aims at supplying all that is required for the complete understanding of the selections. A copious index has been added for the purpose of enabling the student of utilize to the full the summary of Vedic Philosophy which this book contains.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Vedic Reader for Students (7th Edition)
• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8120810171
• ISBN 13: 9788120810174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In conjunction with the author's Vedic Grammar, the Reader aims at supplying all that is required for the complete understanding of the selection. Acopious Index has been added for the purpose of enabling the student to utilize to the full the summary of Vedic philosophy which this book contains.

About the Author

About the Author:

"Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1854 - 1930), 7th of Lochgarry, was a noted Sanskrit scholar.

Macdonell was born in India and educated at Gottingen University, then matriculated in 1876 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, gaining a classical exhibition and three scholarships (for German, Sanskrit, and Chinese). He graduated with classical honours in 1880 and was appointed Taylorian Teacher of German at Oxford. In 1883 he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig, and then became Deputy Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford in 1888, and Boden Professor of Sanskrit in 1899.

Macdonell edited various Sanskrit texts, wrote a grammar, compiled a dictionary, published a work on Vedic Mythology, and a wrote a history of Sanskrit." (Quote from wikipedia.org)