Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights
Frits Staal
Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights - New Delhi Penguin Books, 2008. 2008. - 419
Part I: Origins and backgrounds. One or many? ; Geography of the Vedas and their language ; Archaeology and the oral tradition --
Part II: The Vedas. Constructing an edifice ; Civilization and society ; The four Vedas ; Rigveda ; Sāmaveda ; Yajurveda ; Atharvaveda ; Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas ; Upaniṣads --
Part III: Analysing the Vedas. How to discover ; Mantras ; Ritual ; Secrets of the Sadas --
Part IV: What can we learn from the Vedas? Analysis and discovery ; Sūtra: Vedic sciences ; Vedic insights --
Part V: The Vedas and Buddhism. After the Vedas ; Buddhism --
Appendix I: Liu Hui's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana --
Appendix II: Euclid's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana.
9780143099864
Vedas
Hindu civilization
Hinduism--Rituals
294.5921 F9186 D / 22923
Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights - New Delhi Penguin Books, 2008. 2008. - 419
Part I: Origins and backgrounds. One or many? ; Geography of the Vedas and their language ; Archaeology and the oral tradition --
Part II: The Vedas. Constructing an edifice ; Civilization and society ; The four Vedas ; Rigveda ; Sāmaveda ; Yajurveda ; Atharvaveda ; Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas ; Upaniṣads --
Part III: Analysing the Vedas. How to discover ; Mantras ; Ritual ; Secrets of the Sadas --
Part IV: What can we learn from the Vedas? Analysis and discovery ; Sūtra: Vedic sciences ; Vedic insights --
Part V: The Vedas and Buddhism. After the Vedas ; Buddhism --
Appendix I: Liu Hui's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana --
Appendix II: Euclid's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana.
9780143099864
Vedas
Hindu civilization
Hinduism--Rituals
294.5921 F9186 D / 22923