Pinnacles of India's past :: selections from the R̥gveda /

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Maurer, Walter Harding, 1921-2007
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Sanskrit
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 1986.
Schriftenreihe:University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ; v. 2.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 350 pages).
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-341) and index.
ISBN:9789027286314
9027286310
9027233853
9027233861
9789027233868
9789027233851
1283092972
9781283092975
9786613092977
6613092975
ISSN:0169-0361 ;

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