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Author: Sathish Chandra Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 139
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In this well-researched and elegantly written book, Sathish Chandra discusses exciting topics from the epic text depicting ancient Indian culture and philosophy. Did you ever wonder when the mantras of the Rigveda were composed? Did you ever wonder what the composition discussed apart from praising various Gods? If the answer is yes, this book is for you to read. Similarly, you will be amazed to know that Rigveda was an all-inclusive text composed by the Vedic people from all walks of life. Kings of the era, enslaved people, gamblers, aggrieved wives and many commoners have contributed to the mantras in the text. You will be surprised to read stories related to cradle-to-grave. Rigveda was the ultimate Knowledge Transfer Guide for all the students who came to Gurukul to learn. More importantly, the ideas of multiple gods and creation stories from the text led to all-encompassing Hinduism, where the Western concept of blasphemy had no room. This book discusses all these issues and more with a breath of fresh air. Most importantly, Rigveda has inspired many religious thoughts in the West. Read on for more on this. Also, read this book for the original Rigvedic stories with exciting storylines, which peep into the Vedic people's mindset and thinking.
Author: Sathish Chandra Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 139
Book Description
In this well-researched and elegantly written book, Sathish Chandra discusses exciting topics from the epic text depicting ancient Indian culture and philosophy. Did you ever wonder when the mantras of the Rigveda were composed? Did you ever wonder what the composition discussed apart from praising various Gods? If the answer is yes, this book is for you to read. Similarly, you will be amazed to know that Rigveda was an all-inclusive text composed by the Vedic people from all walks of life. Kings of the era, enslaved people, gamblers, aggrieved wives and many commoners have contributed to the mantras in the text. You will be surprised to read stories related to cradle-to-grave. Rigveda was the ultimate Knowledge Transfer Guide for all the students who came to Gurukul to learn. More importantly, the ideas of multiple gods and creation stories from the text led to all-encompassing Hinduism, where the Western concept of blasphemy had no room. This book discusses all these issues and more with a breath of fresh air. Most importantly, Rigveda has inspired many religious thoughts in the West. Read on for more on this. Also, read this book for the original Rigvedic stories with exciting storylines, which peep into the Vedic people's mindset and thinking.
Author: Sage Rishi Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781514218969 Category : Languages : en Pages : 612
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The Rig Veda is an ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts (sruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas. The Rig Veda contains several mythological and poetical accounts of the origin of the world, hymns praising the gods, and ancient prayers for life, prosperity, etc. Some of its verses are still recited as Hindu prayers, at religious functions and other occasions, making it probably the world's oldest religious texts in continued use. The Rigvedic hymns are dedicated to various deities, chief of whom are Indra, a heroic god praised for having slain his enemy Vrtra; Agni, the sacrificial fire; and Soma, the sacred potion or the plant it is made from. Equally prominent gods are the Adityas or Asura gods Mitra-Varuna and Ushas (the dawn). Also invoked are Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra, Pushan, Brihaspati or Brahmanaspati, as well as deified natural phenomena such as Dyaus Pita (the shining sky, Father Heaven), Prithivi (the earth, Mother Earth), Surya (the sun god), Vayu or Vata (the wind), Apas (the waters), Parjanya (the thunder and rain), Vac (the word), many rivers (notably the Sapta Sindhu, and the Sarasvati River). The Adityas, Vasus, Rudras, Sadhyas, Ashvins, Maruts, Rbhus, and the Vishvadevas ("all-gods") as well as the "thirty-three gods" are the groups of deities mentioned. The hymns mention various further minor gods, persons, phenomena and items, and contain fragmentary references to possible historical events, notably the struggle between the early Vedic people (known as Vedic Aryans, a subgroup of the Indo-Aryans) and their enemies, the Dasa or Dasyu and their mythical prototypes, the Pani (the Bactrian Parna).
Author: Anonymous Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781542459075 Category : Languages : en Pages : 476
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The present volume is an unabridged edition of the Rigveda, part of a five volume set of the complete Veda Samhitas. Each Veda has been proofed and all Sanskrit terms updated and synced between versions. An index is provided at the close of each volume for all Sanskrit terms that were left untranslated. -- Volumes available in this set: 1. Rigveda 978-1542459075; 2. White Yajurveda 978-1542459105; 3. Black Yajurveda 978-1542462525; 4. Samaveda 978-1542463379; 5. Atharvaveda 978-1542464222. -- A single volume edition of all Vedas is also available: 978-1541294714 - - From the foreword: The Vedas (from the root vid, "to know," or "divine knowledge") are the most ancient of all the Hindu scriptures. There were originally three Vedas-the Laws of Manu always speaks of the three, as do the oldest (Mukhya) Upanishads-but a later work called the Atharvaveda has been added to these, to now constitute the fourth. The name Rigveda signifies "Veda of verses," from rig, a spoken stanza; Samaveda, the "Veda of chants," from saman, a song or chant; Yajurveda, the "Veda of sacrificial formulas," from yajus, a sacrificial text. The Atharvaveda derives its name from the sage Atharvan, who is represented as a Prajapati, the edlest son of Brahma, and who is said to have been the first to institute the fire-sacrifices. The complex nature of the Vedas and the array of texts associated with them may be briefly outlined as follows: "The Rig-Veda is the original work, the Yajur-Veda and Sama-Veda in their mantric portions are different arrangements of its hymns for special purposes. The Vedas are divided into two parts, the Mantra and Brahmana. The Mantra part is composed of suktas (hymns in verse); the Brahmana part consists of liturgical, ritualistic, exegetical, and mystic treatises in prose. The Mantra or verse portion is considered more ancient than the prose works; and the books in which the hymns are collected are called samhitas (collections). More or less closely connected with the Brahmanans (and in a few exceptional cases with the Mantra part) are two classes of treatises in prose and verse called Aranyaka and Upanishad. The Vedic writings are again divided into two great divisions, exoteric and esoteric, the former called the karma-kanda (the section of works) and the latter the jnana-kanda (section of wisdom)." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) The great antiquity of the Vedas is sufficiently proven by the fact that they are written in such an ancient form of Sanskrit, so different from the Sanskrit now used, that there is no other work like them in the literature of this "eldest sister" of all the known languages, as Prof. Max Muller calls it. Only the most learned of the Brahman Pundits can read the Vedas in their original. Furthermore, the Vedas cannot be viewed as singular works by singular authors, but rather as compilations, assembled over a great and unknown period of time. "Almost every hymn or division of a Veda is ascribed to various authors. It is generally believed that these subdivisions were revealed orally to the rishis or sages whose respective names they bear; hence the body of the Veda is known as sruti (what was heard) or divine revelation. The very names of these Vedic sages, such as Vasishtha, Visvamitra, and Narada, all of which belong to men born in far distant ages, shows that millennia must have elapsed between the different dates of their composition." (Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary) It is generally agreed that the Vedas were finally arranged and compiled around fourteen centuries before our era; but this interferes in no way with their great antiquity, as they are acknowledged to have been long taught and passed down orally, perhaps for thousands of years, perhaps for far longer, before being finally compiled and recorded (the latter is traditionally said to have occurred on the shores of Lake Manasarovara, beyond the Himalayas).
Author: Stephanie Jamison Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0190633395 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 289
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The Rigveda is a monumental text in both world religion and world literature, yet outside a small band of specialists it is little known. Composed in the latter half of the second millennium BCE, it stands as the foundational text of what would later be called Hinduism. The text consists of over a thousand hymns dedicated to various divinities, composed in sophisticated and often enigmatic verse. This concise guide from two of the Rigveda's leading English-language scholars introduces the text and breaks down its large range of topics--from meditations on cosmic enigmas to penetrating reflections on the ability of mortals to make contact with and affect the divine and cosmic realms through sacrifice and praise--for a wider audience.
Author: Chayan Seal Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 156
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RIGVEDA - SELECT VERSES - SANSKRIT ORIGINAL AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION is the ONLY book or material available today (in any format) that gives the original Vedic Sanskrit text along with detailed, word-by-word, modern English translation and explanation of the Rigveda. So, I decided to share my UNIQUE work with others who might be interested to really understand these verses but might not know Vedic Sanskrit to do it themselves. The Rigveda contains a total of about 10600 verses in 1028 hymns in 10 books. Based on linguistic and contextual evidence, the books, as well as the verses within each book, are identified as composed at different times, spanning the entire Vedic age from its early to its late periods. Each verse consists of a Samhita text, in which the words follow the rules of sandhi (euphonic combination) for recitation, and a Padapatha text, in which the uncombined words are retained to easily convey the meaning. I have selected 120 verses of the Rigveda that appeal to me from prevalent religious, cultural, social, literary, and linguistic perspectives, based on the following personal criteria. * Verses of Vishnu, Sarasvati, Rudra (Shiva) * Verses listing Durga, Brahma, Ganesh, Sita, Lakshmi * Select verses of Agni, Varuna, Indra, Savitr, Usha * All verses of Devi, Nasadiya, and Sanjnana hymns * Select verses of Purusha and Hiranyagarbha hymns * Verses offering glimpses of Vedic society and beliefs * Quotable verses of universal teachings and quests * Verses from each book, spanning the entire Vedic age In this work, I have methodically analyzed the Vedic Sanskrit morphology, syntax, semantics, and beliefs to derive my own American English translation. Throughout, I have drawn on traditional and rational definitions to translate into modern context and contemporary vocabulary, while staying true to the essence of the original words or phrases. Where expressions have obscure or multiple meanings, my rendition might differ from others who preferred a different connotation. Since no one truly knows the original interpretation the ancient sages had in mind, I have carefully refrained from unnecessary inference or flourish of my own. I have arranged one verse per page into two columns: the original verse and its translation in the left column, and the detailed morphology and meaning of each word in the right column. I have further organized the left column in the following order: the Samhita text in Devanagari script, its transliteration in English letters for those who cannot read Devanagari, and its English translation; the Padapatha text in Devanagari script, its transliteration in English letters, and its rearrangement in Devanagari in the word order of the English translation. In the page title, I show the verse number in book-hymn-verse format; followed by whom or what the verse is dedicated to in Devanagari, English transliteration, and customary English; and, where applicable, the contemporary association of the verse. Below the title, I list the name of the sage (composer), the meter (rhythm), and the Vedic period of the verse in parentheses.
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