The God Varuna in the Rig-Veda
Author | : Hervey De Witt Griswold |
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Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Varuṇa (Hindu deity) |
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Author | : Hervey De Witt Griswold |
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Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Varuṇa (Hindu deity) |
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Author | : H. D. Griswold |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2017-11-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780331454727 |
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 sruti or revelation. The word Veda, which is cognate with the Greek oida, Latin nid-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 Quran, seems to be the verse. 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.
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Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : Hervey De Witt Griswold |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781362514589 |
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Author | : Hervey De Witt GRISWOLD |
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Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1910 |
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Author | : Hervey DeWitt Griswold |
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Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Vedas |
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Author | : Maria P. Christanand |
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Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Varun̥a (Hindu deity) |
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Author | : Wendy Doniger |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2005-03-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0141923989 |
The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture - an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
Author | : Sage Rishi |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2015-06-04 |
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ISBN | : 9781514218969 |
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 | : David R. Slavitt |
Publisher | : Anaphora Literary Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1681142163 |
The Vedas are ancient books of hymns. There are four—the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda—and they are the primary texts of Hinduism. They had an enormous influence also on Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. According to Hindus, the text of the Vedas is as old as the universe itself. Scholars have determined that the Rig Veda, the oldest of the four, was composed sometime between 1700 and 1100 B.C.E., codified about 600 B.C.E., and was finally committed to writing around 300 B.C.E. The Rig Veda, composed of ten books, or Mandalas, each of which is a collection of hymns (s?ktas), is one of these “great books,” but most people—even the well-educated—have never read it. It is very long and the previous translations are unsatisfactory. This book is an attempt to offer a succinct, accurate and readable translation.