02850nam 2200613Ia 450 991082066840332120200520144314.090-272-8631-01-283-09297-290-272-3386-19786613092977(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|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPinnacles of India's past selections from the Rgveda /translated and annotated by Walter H. MaurerAmsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company19861 online resource (xi, 350 pages)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 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.University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ;v. 2.Vedic literatureHinduismSacred booksVedic literature.Hinduism294.5/9212Maurer Walter Harding1921-2007.1682314MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820668403321Pinnacles of India's past4052339UNINA