Rig Veda
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A01=Barend Van Nooten
A01=Gary Holland
Author_Barend Van Nooten
Author_Gary Holland
Category=QRD
Category=QRVA
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Product details
- ISBN 9780674769717
- Weight: 1383g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 07 Feb 1995
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This new edition of the Rgveda, the oldest Indian text in archaic Sanskrit, is the first to present the text (in Roman characters) in its original metrical arrangement and in a form that most closely approximates the pronunciation of the time of its composition. Nevertheless, as all the restorations deviating from the received traditional Samhita text are printed in italics, the traditional text can easily be reconstituted without reference to other editions. This had been sought for over a hundred years, yet a systematic restoration of the whole text has never before been attempted. Added is a study of the meters found in the text, their patterns and anomalies, and an appendix with a detailed discussion of each metrically problematic line.
