The Rigveda: A Guide Paperback / softback
by Stephanie (Distinguished Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures and of Indo-European Stu Jamison, Joel (Professor of Asian Studies and Religious Studies, Professor of Asian Studies and Rel Brereton
Part of the Guides to Sacred Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Rigveda is a monumental text in both world religion and world literature, yet outside a small band of specialists it is little known.
Composed in the latter half of the second millennium BCE, it stands as the foundational text of what would later be called Hinduism.
The text consists of over a thousand hymns dedicated to various divinities, composed in sophisticated and often enigmatic verse.
This concise guide from two of the Rigveda's leading English-language scholars introduces the text and breaks down its large range of topics--from meditations on cosmic enigmas to penetrating reflections on the ability of mortals to make contact with and affect the divine and cosmic realms through sacrifice and praise--for a wider audience.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/04/2020
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- ISBN:9780190633370
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:288 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:15/04/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780190633370
