Pinnacles of India's Past: Selections from the Ṛgveda
Translated and annotated by Walter H. Maurer
The Ṛgveda 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… read more[University of Pennsylvania Studies on South Asia, 2] 1986. xi, 350 pp.