The Rig Veda And Vedic Religion Classic Reprint

Author : A. C. Clayton
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The Rig Veda and Vedic Religion (Classic Reprint) by A. C. Clayton Pdf

Excerpt from The Rig Veda and Vedic Religion About two years ago the writer was asked to prepare for the Christian Literature Society for India a revised edition of the late Dr. Murdoch's Account of the Vedas and consented to do so. But he soon found that no revision of that book, useful as it had been, could be made that would adequately represent modern knowledge and modern methods of interpretation of the Vedas. Consequently the present volume, though containing all that was of permanent value in Dr. Murdoch's handbook, is a distinct and new treatment of the subject. But it makes no claim to be original. It is only a careful compilation of what is known of the life and religion and Hymns of Vedic times, and the bibliography and the footnotes will show to how many teachers the writer is, most gratefully, a debtor He has ventured on independent statements only when reference is made to the influence of the Dravidian on the Aryan religion, or to the religious practices, of Dravidians in South India at the present time - subjects on which he has had special opportunities of observation since 1892. By the permission of Messrs. E. J. Lazarus Co., Benares, the Readings from the Vedas are taken from the admirable series of translations of the Vedas prepared by the late R. T. H. Griffith and published by that firm. 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.

Author : Maurice Bloomfield
Publisher : Forgotten Books
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Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0266367925

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The Religion of the Veda by Maurice Bloomfield Pdf

Excerpt from The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (From Rig-Veda to Upanishads) I. The Object of this Association shall be to provide courses of lectures on the history of religions, to be delivered in various cities. 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.

Author : Kenneth Somerled Macdonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
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Release : 1982
Category : Vedas
ISBN : UVA:X000916872

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The Vedic Religion, Or, The Creed and Practice of the Indo-Aryans Three Thousand Years Ago by Kenneth Somerled Macdonald Pdf

Author : A. C. Clayton
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The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion by A. C. Clayton Pdf

Author : H. D. Griswold
Publisher : Forgotten Books
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The God Varuna in the Rig-Veda (Classic Reprint) by H. D. Griswold Pdf

Excerpt from The God Varuna in the Rig-Veda The rig-veda is the Vedic Book par excellence. Chronologically, as we have seen, it is the oldest book in Indian literature. Theoretically, it is the most sacred, as it heads the list of books which come under srati or revelation. The word Veda, which is cognate with the Greek Oicla, Latin vid-eo, German weiss, English wit, means wisdom or knowledge and Rig (rik) is the name for laudatory verse or stanza. Hence the com pound word rig-veda may be translated by verse-wisdom. It is the earliest and most sacred wisdom of the Indian Aryans set forth in the form of verses or stanzas which are grouped in hymns. The unit of revelation, as in the Qaran, seems to be the verse. The rig-veda collection is only'one among four collections. There is in addition the Saman or chant-veda, the Yajus or Veda of sacrificial formulas, and the Atharvan or Veda of popular religion. The four Vedas are not unconnected with one another. Thus all the stanzas of the selma-veda except seventy-five are found in the rig-veda. The Yajur Veda and the atharva-veda also have a considerable amount of material in common with the rig-veda. What we really have, then, in the Four Vedas is the distribution of the original Vedic material into four Sanhitas or Collections. The Four Vedas are a fourfold presentation of the primitive Veda, very much as the Four Gospels are a fourfold presenta tion of the primitive Gospel. By the primitive Veda of course is meant the poetic material of the Vedic age before it was collected. The poetic material existing in the Various Vedic clans and priestly families consisted as the four historic collections show, of a heterogeneous combination of old hymns, charms, philosophical poems, and popular songs, most, but not all of which are of religious content.1 The motive which determined not only the composition of most of the Vedic hymns but also their collee tion and preservation was a religious one. Of the metrical stanzas in Vedic literature fully one half occur in the rig-veda. The rig-veda has furnished nearly all the stanzas for the sama-veda, one-fourth of the matter for the yajur-veda, and a considerable part of the contents of the atharva-veda. The rig-veda, then, is a great documentary source for the other three Vedas, very much as the Gospel of Mark is a chief source for the Canonical Gospels, Matthew and Luke. Each of the four hymn collections has its own elucidative literature in the form of Brahmanas which expound and develop the ritualistic element in the hymns, the Upanisads which do the same thing for the philosophical element, and the Satras which are mnemonic compendia of the Vedic ritual and customary law. Thus by Veda in the narrow sense we mean the rig-veda; in a wider sense, the Four Vedas; and in the widest sense of all, the whole cycle of Vedic literature. The extent of the existing Vedic literature may be estimated from the fact that about one hundred and twenty texts have contributed to the Vedic Concordance of Professor Bloomfield. The Rig Veda itself is about equal in bulk to the Iliad and Odyssey combined. 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.

Author : Zenaide a. (Zenaide Alexei Ragozin
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 2018-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 035315931X

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Vedic India, as Embodied Principally in the Rig Veda by Zenaide a. (Zenaide Alexei Ragozin Pdf

Author : Christian Literature Society for India
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 166 pages
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Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Religion
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An Account of the Vedas by Christian Literature Society for India Pdf

Excerpt from An Account of the Vedas: With Numerous Extracts From the Rig-Veda In the highest estimation by the Hindus, their real character is almost entirely unknown to them. Very few copies of them existed until they were printed in Europe. It has often been said that if the Vedic Aryans were' to reappear and act before their descendants their former life, they would be regarded with horror as a most impure and irreligious people. They killed cows and ate their flesh! 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.

Author : Maurice Bloomfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
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Release : 1969
Category : Brahmanism
ISBN : UOM:39015009369235

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The Religion of the Veda by Maurice Bloomfield Pdf

Author : Clayton Albert Charles
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 302 pages
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Release : 2019-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0526306661

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The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion: With Readings from the Vedas by Clayton Albert Charles Pdf

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Author : Maurice Bloomfield
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Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Religion
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The Religion of the Veda by Maurice Bloomfield Pdf

Excerpt from The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (From Rig-Veda to Upanishads) This volume reproduces with some little amplification six lectures on the Religion of the Veda given before various learned institutions of America during the fall and winter of 1906-07. The period of time and the amount of literature embraced in the term Vedic are large; moreover any discussion of this religion that deserves the name must also include a glance at the prehistoric periods which preceded the religion of the Veda. Consequently my treatment must be selective. It was not difficult to make the selection. I have not thought it necessary to include a complete account of Vedic mythology and legend; nor did the details of priestly ritual and religious folk-practices seem to me to call for elaborate exposition at this time and under the circumstances of a popular treatment of Vedic religion. 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.

Author : Adolf Kaegi
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The Rigveda by Adolf Kaegi Pdf

Excerpt from The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians The invitation Of my publishers to have my treatise on the Rigveda (two Parts, Wissenschaftliche Beilage zum Programm der Kantonsschule in Zurich, 1878 and 1879) published in a somewhat revised and extended form, seemed to me the more to be accepted, since I had repeatedly been urged to do so from the most varied sources, and the article was frequently inquired for in the trade. It is plain that to specialists in the subject, to investigators in the field Of the Veda, it cannot offer anything really new; its aim is to embrace the results Of Vedic investiga tion, as well for beginners in the study as for all those who have a more special interest in this literature, the importance Of which is perceived and admitted in ever-widening circles, especially for theologians, philologists and historians. That, however, it is founded throughout On personal investigation Of the sources and examination Of the investigations of others will be easily perceived by every one who takes the trouble to subject the text and notes to a more minute survey. 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.

Author : Clayton Albert Charles
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The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion by Clayton Albert Charles Pdf

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Author : Albert Charles Clayton
Publisher : Nabu Press
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The Rig-Veda and Vedic Religion by Albert Charles Clayton Pdf

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Author : Clayton A. C.
Publisher : Unknown
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Release : 1901
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Rig Veda and Vedic Religion by Clayton A. C. Pdf

Author : F. Max Müller
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Category : Religion
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Vedic Hymns, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by F. Max Müller Pdf

Excerpt from Vedic Hymns, Vol. 1 It is well known that Professor von Roth, one of our most eminent Vedic scholars, holds the very opposite Opinion. He declares that a metrical translation is the best com mentary, and that if he could ever think of a translation of the Rig-veda, he would throw the chief weight, not on the notes, but on the translation of the text. 'a translation, ' he writes, 'must speak for itself. AS a rule, it only re quires a commentary where it is not directly convincing, and where the translator does not feel secure.' Between Opinions so diametrically opposed, no com promise seems possible, and yet I feel convinced that when we come to discuss any controverted passage, Professor von Roth will have to adopt exactly the same principles of translation which I have followed. 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.