Rig Veda - A Metrically Restored Text with an Introduction and Notes

Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-674-76971-7
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 50, 700 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 262 mm, Gewicht: 1404 g

Reihe: Harvard Oriental Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nooten, Barend van

Holland, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Indische & Dravidische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus