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Pinnacles of India's Past
Selections from the Ṛgveda
Translated and annotated by
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ISBN 9789027233868 (Eur)
ISBN 9780915027835 (USA)
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 form in which the Ṛgveda has been transmitted, in ten divisions, called maṇḍalas.
This volume consists of a selection of hymns, translated into English and annotated, as well as short introductions to the Ṛgveda as a whole and the different themes around which the selected hymns are grouped, a bibliography, and an index.
[University of Pennsylvania Studies on South Asia, 2] 1986. xi, 350 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 April 2011
Published online on 12 April 2011
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Table of Contents
- Prelim pages | pp. i–iv
- Foreword | pp. vii–viii
- Table of contents | pp. ix–xi
- A Communication to the Reader | pp. 1–4
- A Brief Introduction to the Ṛgveda | pp. 5–9
- Selected Hymns | pp. 10–325
- Agni
- I.1
- I.58
- I.143
- I.12
- V.11
- VI.6
- III.29
- Apāṁ Napāt
- II.35
- Indra
- I.32
- II.12
- III.34
- I.53
- II.21
- II.16
- III.45
- VIII.65
- X.119
- Indra and Pūṣan
- VI.57
- Soma
- VIII.48
- IX.3
- IX.13
- IX.40
- IX.74
- Varuṇa
- I.25
- V.85
- VII.86
- VII.87
- VII.88
- VII.89
- Mitra
- III.59
- Mitrāvaruṇā
- V.63
- VII.61
- Viṣṇu
- I.154
- Rudra
- I.114
- II.33
- VII.46
- Maruts
- I.85
- I.172
- V.55
- V.57
- Aśvins
- VII.68
- I.118
- I.157
- Bṛhaspati
- IV.50
- X.68
- Uṣas
- IV.52
- V.80
- Uṣas and the Aśvins
- I.92
- Sūrya
- I.50
- I.115
- VII.63
- Savitṛ>
- I.35
- II.38
- Pūṣan
- I.42
- VI.54
- VI.55
- Rātrī
- X.127
- Sarasvatī
- VI.61
- Sindhu and the Other Rivers
- X.75
- Waters
- VII.49
- Frogs
- VII.103
- Parjanya
- V.83
- Vāta
- X.168
- Araṇyāni
- X.146
- Pṛthivī
- V.84
- Dyāvāpṛthivī
- I.185
- Ṛbhus
- I.20
- IV.33
- IV.34
- All-gods
- I.89
- VII.35
- VIII.29
- Yama
- X.14
- Fathers
- X.15
- Funeral Hymn
- X.16
- Spirit
- X.58
- Prajāpati
- X.121
- Puruṣa
- X.90
- Viśvakarman
- X.81
- Vāc
- X.125
- Creation
- X.129
- Tapas
- X.190
- Sacrificial Post
- III.8
- Cows
- VI.28
- Ghee
- IV.58
- Dakṣiṇā
- X.107
- Generosity
- X.117
- Weapons
- VI.75
- Gambler
- X.34
- Asceti
- X.136
- Saramā and the Paṇis
- X.108
- Dadhikrā
- IV.39
- List of Hymns According to the Arrangement in the Ṛgveda | pp. 326–327
- | pp. 328–342
- Index | pp. 343–350
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