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Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights
- Title
- Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights / Frits Staal.
- Author
- Staal, Frits.
- Publication
- New Delhi ; New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
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- Description
- xxxvi, 419 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps (some folded), music; 20 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-401) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-2126
- ISBN
- 9780143099864 (pbk.)
- 0143099868 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2008325254
- OCLC
- 244833956
- Author
- Staal, Frits.
- Title
- Discovering the Vedas : origins, mantras, rituals, insights / Frits Staal.
- Imprint
- New Delhi ; New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [384]-401) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-2126