Download or read book The Vedas and Brahmanas written by John Murdoch and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brahmanas of the Vedas written by Kenneth Somerled Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aitareya Brahmana written by Theodor Aufrecht and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aitareya Brahmana is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Download or read book The Vedas written by and published by Book Tree. This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an overview of The Vedas, the holy book of Hindus. The most important Hymns are quoted in full; extracts are also included from the Brahmanas, the part of The Rig Veda that guides the Brahmans, the highest class of priests, in Vedic ceremonies. Also included is a section on the Arya Samaj, a later westernized version that is shown to be inaccurate, covered in the Appendix."--The foreward.

Download or read book Br hma as in Ancient India written by Govind Prasad Upadhyay and published by New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal. This book was released on 1979 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Based on a rigorous analysis of the source material, the present work is the first systematic study of the history of Brahmanas in the post-Maurya and the Gupta periods. An attempt has been made to determine and assess their role in the religious, social, and political life of the times. As the custodians of the Vedic tradition, Brahmanas aimed at a socio-religious transformation by trying to grasp both the sources of stability and seeds of change. The author has convincingly argued that the Brahmanas could meet the forces partly by remaining close to the political power and partly through their ingenious acceptance of the psycho-cultural dictates of the Indian masses, whose active involvement in the economic life was vital for the maintenance of social order. He has demonstrated that the institutionalization of a vast body of theoretical provisions and mythologically evolved doctrines helped them in acculturation of the various peoples. The penetrating analysis of the rituals and myths throws welcome light on the socio-economic levels of the patrons of major religious sects, and on the Brahmanical techniques of the social control. The author has made good use of various sociological concept-tools relevant to the study of the social roles and activities of Brahmanas during the period under review. He has also drawn upon the pioneering anthropological researches and field work to lay bare the role of the Brahmanas in the process of acculturation.

Download or read book The Brahmanas of the Vedas written by Kenneth Somerled Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Rigveda Brahmanas written by and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volume (No. 25 Of The Harvard Oriental Series) Contains Dr. A.B. Keith`S English Translation Of The Aitareya And Kausitaki Brahmanas Of Rgveda. This Monumental Work Is An Excellent Contribution To The Knowledge Of Sacrificial Cult That Characterized Indian Life In The Vedic Age.

Download or read book Rigveda Brahmanas written by Arthur Berriedale Keith and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brahmanas Of The Vedas written by K S MacDonald and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the Brahmanas, one of the key texts of the Vedas, providing insights into the ancient Indian civilization and religious practices. MacDonald's treatment of the Brahmanas is one of the most thorough and detailed available, making this book an indispensable resource for scholars and students of ancient Indian literature and religion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Brahmanas of the Vedas written by K S Macdonald and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX Page Agui the separator.. 189 Agnishtoma 14, 56 Agni's region.. 161 Agni Vaisvanara 45,117,123 Agni vili.. 189 Agni Vivichi.. 189 Agrayauaishti.. 190 Ahalya.. 178 Ahavaniya 187, 188, 189 Air 152, 101, 104, 197 Air Brahma.. 152 Aitareya.. 14 Aitareya-Aranyaka.. 13 Aitareya-Brahmaua.. 13 Ajan-devas.. 90 Ajatasatru 13, 37 Akrayi.. 52 Akuli 50, 180 Albino.. 55 Alcohol.. 175 Algebra.. 151 All-light..138 Alms.. 48 Alone.. 88 Altar 34, 121 Amesha-spentas.. 119 Amnions.. 106 Amrila.. 124 Amsa.. 119 Amsa and Bhaga.. 86 Amulets 22, 23 Ananda.. 52 Ancestors 28, 34, 140, 174 Androgynous.. 114 Anecdotes.. 148 Angara.. 117 Augiras 120,138, 141, 147 Angiras-like.. 193 Augirases.. 131 Angirasa Veda.. 39 Andrew Lang.. 143 Animals 124,158 Animal sacrifices 33, 48 Annihilation.. 99 Anointing.. 15 Annulment 183,180 Ansu School.. 24 Antaka.. 52 Autariksha Antelope Ants Ant-hill Antarctic zones Anubis Anu-Brahniauas Anukramani Anuradha Anupaniya Anushtup Anuvakya Anuvakyas Auustarani gnuh Anuyajas Apadya Apastamba Apana Apasyah Apollo Apsarases Aradhi Arctic Arcadian bear Arithmetic Aranyakas Arhat Arjuna Phalguna Arodit Armpits Arrow Arsheya Arshoya, Brahmana.. 17 Arthavada.. 42 Arthavadas.. 199 Arti.. 52 Aruua Aupavesi.. 142 Arunmakhas.. 130 Arurmaghas.. 130 Aryabhatas.. 150 Aryas 1U5, 157, 182 Aryavarta.. 157 Arya-Priest.. 191 Arya-sacrificer.. 197 Aryan language.. 85 Aryamau 86, 119 Ashes.. 192 Asvamedha 34, 60, 70 Asvina draught.. 132 Page Bala.. 62 Balaki.. 13 Bald heads.. 22 Balance.. 97 Bank of a river.. 128 Baptisms.. 15 Barb.. 137 Barku-Varshna.. 163 Barley.. 175 Barleycorn.. 137 Barren cow.. 34 Barrenness.. 182 Bathing chair.. 163 Beard.. 181 Bears.. 150 Begging.. 166 Besant.. 1" Besantites.. 39 Best food.. 69 Best men.. 122 Bhagavati.. 63...

Download or read book Rig Veda sanhita written by Friedrich Max Müller and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Discovering the Vedas written by Frits Staal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A Remarkable Book. It Untangles The Many Complexities Of The Vedas And Combines Staal S Scholarly Respect For The Texts, With Explanations That Are Lucid And Occasionally Witty. His Insights Are Thoughtful And Perceptive. Romila Thapar In This Unprecedented Guide To The Vedas, Frits Staal, The Celebrated Author Of Agni: The Vedic Ritual Of The Fire Altar And Universals: Studies In Indian Logic And Linguistics Examines Almost Every Aspect Of These Ancient Sources Of Indic Civilisation. Staal Extracts Concrete Information From The Oral Tradition And Archaeology About Vedic People And Their Language, What They Thought And Did, And Where They Went And When. He Provides Essential Information About The Vedas And Includes Selections And Translations. Staal Sheds Light On Mantras And Rituals, That Contributed To What Came To Be Known As Hinduism. Significant Is A Modern Analysis Of What We Can Learn From The Vedas Today: The Original Forms Of The Vedic Sciences, As Well As The Perceptive Wisdom Of The Composers Of The Vedas. The Author Puts Vedic Civilisation In A Global Perspective Through A Wide-Ranging Comparison With Other Indic Philosophies And Religions, Primarily Buddhism For Staal, Originally A Logician, The Voyage Of Discovering The Vedas Is Like Unpeeling An Onion But Without The Certainty Of Reaching An End. Even So, His Book Shows That The Vedas Have A Logic All Their Own. Accessible, Finely-Argued, And With A Wealth Of Information And Insight, Discovering The Vedas Is For Both The Scholar And The Interested Lay Reader.

Download or read book The Satapatha br hmana written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Satapatha Brahmana According to the Text of the Madhyandina School written by Julius Eggeling and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1891.

Download or read book The Vedas written by Jon Fergus and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present Index of Sanskrit Terms applies to the single-volume unabridged edition (978-1541294714) of the Vedas (Rig, White and Black Yajur, Sama and Atharva). Dictionary definitions are drawn from "A Sanskrit-English Dictionary" by M. Monier-Williams (1899). Four of the translations in the main volume are from Ralph Griffith, with the remaining (black yajur) from Arthur Keith. The texts have been proofed and all Sanskrit terms updated and synced between versions.From the foreword to the main volume: 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).

Download or read book Vedic Physics written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and published by . This book was released on 2023-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ?igveda is the first book of humankind and the most sacred scripture of Hinduism. It also happens to be the most ill-understood book of our times. Despite the extensive study by academic and religious scholars, the purpose and meaning of the ?igveda and many ancient Hindu scriptures remain unclear. In this pathbreaking book, the discovery of the ?igveda as a book of ancient cosmology is described, and related to the seals of ancient Indus Valley Civilization, thereby challenging our perception of humanity."The Vedas have always been lauded as containing the secrets of cosmogenesis. Raja Roy in his remarkable book shows how this is true not only from the yogic vison but according to the latest insights of modern physics. The book takes the reader on a vast panoramic journey through the universe of matter, mind and human history as well."David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), Director, American Institute of Vedic Studies"Roy presents a new framework for the understanding of the Vedic hymns from the point of view of physics and then he draws parallels with recent theories on the nature of the universe. We celebrate the new path he has hewn through the bush of old scholarship."Professor Subhash Kak, Oklahoma State University