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The Rig Veda

Wendy Doniger

Paperback | Pages: 343 pages

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Title	:	The Rig Veda
Author	:	Wendy Doniger
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Penguin Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 343 pages
Published	:	2005 by Penguin Books (first published -1000)
Categories	:	Religion. Cultural. India. Philosophy. Hinduism. Poetry. Fantasy. Mythology. Classics

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The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda is a collection of over 1000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 18 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one of the founding texts of Hindu scripture, an awesome and venerable ancient work of Vedic ritual, prayer, philosophy, legend and faith.

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ISBN:	0140449892 (ISBN13: 9780140449891)
Edition Language:	English

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The Old Testament, without the hatred, of the Hindu faith, these are the words of human beings at the dawn of consciousness and history. The Hindu pantheon, in small and accessible form, is born, and the material world is dwelt upon at length... for instance, fire is discovered (thank you Agni), and butter is found to be delicious. Butter is also found to be, strangely, the same as semen. Therefore, semen is delicious. Well, if Indra says so, for he might smite me if I doubt, like Jehovah. So if

An excellent anthology of hymns from one of the oldest holy books. I've had this copy for years now and I still find the notes and introductions to be exceedingly useful. These sections give a little background to each hymn and more importantly they discuss many of the metaphors used in the verses. Many of these metaphors like the various manifestations of heavenly cattle, the central role of the sun in many cosmological myths, and the idea of sacrifice are also keys to other archaic traditions.

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Doniger captures only about 10% (108/1028 hymns) of the Rig Veda here and the verses deemed more interesting are given a bit too much spotlight to be able to call this a representative selection. This makes this anthology a very personal selection that reflects the interests and obsessions of the author more than that of the seers of the original Vedic hymns. The only good thing about these obsessions is that they invoke the most amusing sort of vitriol from certain cliques! From a scholarly

I don't fine the poetry appealing. It's not lyrical, it doesn't evoke beautiful imagery.

I was once encouraged to look at the worlds religions and take the best from each of them. Even though I have since returned to Christianity, along the way I learned to have an appreciation of the Worlds Sacred Texts. Wendy Donigers translation of the Rig Veda is both poetic and true to tradition. Its rich language carries you back in time to the ancient world. The language is sometimes beautiful and sometimes bawdy. And, sometimes, it provokes deeper questions from you. The Creation Myth at

Doniger captures only about 10% (108/1028 hymns) of the Rig Veda here and the verses deemed more interesting are given a bit too much spotlight to be able to call this a representative selection. This makes this anthology a very personal selection that reflects the interests and obsessions of the author more than that of the seers of the original Vedic hymns. The only good thing about these obsessions is that they invoke the most amusing sort of vitriol from certain cliques! From a scholarly