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| ISBN: | 0140449892 (ISBN13: 9780140449891) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Wendy Doniger
Paperback | Pages: 343 pages Rating: 3.92 | 1102 Users | 59 Reviews
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The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda is a collection of over 1000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 18 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture, an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.
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| Title | : | The Rig Veda |
| Author | : | Wendy Doniger |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 343 pages |
| Published | : | 2005 by Penguin Books (first published -1000) |
| Categories | : | Religion. Cultural. India. Philosophy. Hinduism. Poetry. Fantasy. Mythology. Classics |
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I was once encouraged to look at the worlds religions and take the best from each of them. Even though I have since returned to Christianity, along the way I learned to have an appreciation of the Worlds Sacred Texts. Wendy Donigers translation of the Rig Veda is both poetic and true to tradition. Its rich language carries you back in time to the ancient world. The language is sometimes beautiful and sometimes bawdy. And, sometimes, it provokes deeper questions from you. The Creation Myth atToo complicated a pantheon of gods to be sorted out by this little book alone. An expert in the Hindu religion may enjoy it.
This is a collection of hymns in the Hindu tradition, hymns sung by the priests of the religion as they go through the sacred rites. Some of the hymns in this book are very beautiful, some are funny, and others are a little confusing if the reader is not familiar with the tenets of Hinduism. For instance, the Soma that is mentioned numerous times in the various hymns is a drink that was made by squeezing the juice out of what scholars believe was a type of hallucinogenic mushroom. The cows and
The Rig Veda is obscure. It was written is a very old language referred to as "Vedic Sanskrit" to differentiate is from the "Classical Sanskrit" of the Hindu Epics. It is a collection of hymns rather than a coherent narrative. The hymns were transmitted orally for centuries before being written down and translated and re-translated and re-re-translated eventually into English. They were also meant to be accompanied by rituals which provided context to their meaning. Furthermore, it's quite
It took a bit of discipline to give this the concentration it deserved throughout, but hopefully I did it justice. It is not the most sparkling or riveting text ever, but parts of it were fascinating and well worth the effort. Doniger selected for translation 108 hymns from the Rig Veda, about 10% of the total, choosing those she found most interesting and least dull or obscure. I have to say some of the copy editing was poor and needs revisiting. I was only familiar with a few of these hymns
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An incredible work of vedic philosophy.This one is quite thoughtful as all the others but I think it's worth quoting. As this throws a new direction on the origin of the Universe.10.129 Creation Hymn (Nasadiya)6. ''Who really knows? Who will here proclaim it? Whence was it produced? Whence is this creation? The gods came afterwards, with the creation of this universe. Who then knows whence it has risen?''
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