02874nam 2200625Ia 450 991045696170332120200520144314.090-272-8631-01-283-09297-290-272-3386-19786613092977(CKB)2550000000032990(EBL)680958(OCoLC)714568553(SSID)ssj0000540077(PQKBManifestationID)11367099(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540077(PQKBWorkID)10582080(PQKB)11250356(MiAaPQ)EBC680958(Au-PeEL)EBL680958(CaPaEBR)ebr10464432(CaONFJC)MIL309297(EXLCZ)99255000000003299019931028d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPinnacles of India's past[electronic resource] selections from the R̥gveda /translated and annotated by Walter H. MaurerAmsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company19861 online resource (363 p.)University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3385-3 0-915027-62-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.PINNACLES OF INDIA'S PAST SELECTIONS FROM THE RGVEDA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; Table of contents; A Communication to the Reader; A Brief Introduction to the Rgveda; Selected Hymns; List of the Selected Hymns Arranged According to Their Sequence in the Rgveda; Bibliography; The series University of Pennsylvania Studies on South AsiaThe R?gveda 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 R?gveda has been transmitted, in ten divisions, called man?d?alas. This volume consists of a selection of hymns, translated into English and annotated, as well as short introductions to the R?gveda as a whole and the different themes around which the selected hymns are grouped, a bUniversity of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ;v. 2.Vedic literatureHinduismSacred booksElectronic books.Vedic literature.Hinduism294.5/9212Maurer Walter Harding1921-2007.893768MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456961703321Pinnacles of India's past1996421UNINA