Nomenclature of the Vedas
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8124606447 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Good Beginning" according to The Peripatetic Reader. There are many broad overviews of the Vedas. Most suffer from either being too broad, so general as to provide with no useful real information, or, mainly scholarly or academic studies, so detailed and precise so as to get the reader lost in the forest for all the trees.This book provides a valuable balance. This book is a general overview. It provides the reader with
She resigned and studied Vedanta and Panini under Swamiji, in his gurukulas at Rishikesh, Coimbatore and Saylorsburg, before taking Sannyasa in 2008. . Besides organizing national conferences on Vedas, Vedanta and Indian culture she is actively involved in various community services in the field of health and education. In the meantime she completed Masters (2005) and PhD (2012) in Sanskrit. A Vedantin, a committed scholar and an enthusiast of Indian culture the Swamini set up her Arsha Vidya Vikas Kendra in 2004. A chance meeting with Swami Dayananda Saraswati in Muscat in 1996, brought about a life transformation. About the Author Swamini Atmaprajnananda Saraswati, a first
Swamini Atmaprajnananda Saraswati, a first class science graduate, joined as a Probationary Officer in a Public Sector Bank in 1978, and worked in various managerial capacities in India until 1992. . She resigned and studied Vedanta and Panini under Swamiji, in his gurukulas at Rishikesh, Coimbatore and Saylorsburg, before taking Sannyasa in 2008. In the meantime she completed Masters (2005) and Ph
Roth, A. Griffith. The volume deliberates on definition of the Vedas, division of the Vedas and various shakhas of the five Samhitas as well as a list of Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyaka and Upanishad that are extant. It conducts an in-depth exploration of the commentaries on the Vedas, focusing on noted traditional Vedic commentators like Yaska, Jaimini, Kumarila Bhatta, Sayana and Mahidhara as also the modern Indian commentators including Swami Dayananda, S.D. Keith, and R.T.H. It presents a detailed study of Indian traditionalists on the Vedic literature, beginning from Veda Vyasa to Sayana and other acaryas including modern saint-scholars. Satavalekar, Sri Aurobindo, Devi Chand, Sriram Sharma and the Western commentators like H.H. It has numerous illustrations that include maps, charts and pictures.. With elaborate notes on legends of the Vedas, the book attempts to study various aspects of the Vedas. Whitney, A.B. It delves into details of the Rigvedic Mandalas and the Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda with reference to their subject matter, divisions and even their cultural value. It also examines the phenomenon of oral tradition, especially in conveying the Vedas and secret of preserving the Vedas Vedic chanting. Max Müller, R. Weber, W.D. It also views researches of the Western scholars and historians who have critically studied various aspects of the Vedic corpus. Wilson, F