The Rigveda : a guide / Joel P. Brereton and Stephanie W. Jamison.
2020
BL1112.56 .B74 2020
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Title
The Rigveda : a guide / Joel P. Brereton and Stephanie W. Jamison.
ISBN
9780190633400 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BL1112.56 .B74 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.59212046
Summary
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. 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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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. 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 6, 2020).
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Jamison, Stephanie W., author.
Series
Guides to sacred texts.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780190633363
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