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Pinnacles of India's past : selections from the R̥gveda /
The R̥gveda 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Sanskrit |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
1986.
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| Colección: | University of Pennsylvania studies on South Asia ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The R̥gveda 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 R̥gveda has been transmitted, in ten divisions, called mandalas. This volume consists of a selection of hymns, translated into English and annotated, as well as short introductions to the R̥gveda as a whole and the different themes around which the selected hymns are grouped. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 350 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-341) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027286314 9027286310 9027233853 9027233861 9789027233868 9789027233851 1283092972 9781283092975 9786613092977 6613092975 |
| ISSN: | 0169-0361 ; |