The R̥gveda in its historical setting
Material type: TextPublication details: Delhi Primus books 2018Description: vi, 143 pISBN: 9789384092894; 9384092894; 9789384092900; 9384092908Subject(s): Indus civilization | Hindu civilization | Civilization, AncientDDC classification: 294.59212046 Summary: The text-archaeology correlation in respect of the Harappan Civilization shows that the Harappans and the people of the Rgveda were part of the same multi-ethnic, multilingual, multicultural geographical and chronological space; that a prolonged phase of geo-climatic devastations ravaging the Vedic Harappan subcontinent triggered an Ideology of nature worship in which prayers could be recited only in the Vedic dialect which, in-turn, put the Vedic-speaking community on a high moral pedestal. The increasing number of clients hiring Vedic-speaking chantsmen inflated the ranks of the priesthood with attendant jealousy and infighting, which was further aggravated with the introduction of the Soma oblation. This book tries to identify the Soma plant on the basis of available literary and archaeological evidence as well as trace a hydrographic history of the river Saraswati between the fourth and the second millennium BC. It also examines the sanctification of the river as the greatest goddess (Devitame), the greatest river (Naditame), and the greatest mother (Ambitame). The final segment of the book explores the archaeo-textual possibilities and limitations of a faunal reconstruction in the Vedic-Harappan subcontinent.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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294.592 DEV Devi mahatmyam | 294.592 MUK/A Astavakragita(The song of the Supreme) | 294.5921046 SEL Self, sacrifice, and cosmos : Vedic thought, ritual, and philosophy : essays in honor of Professor Ganesh Umakant Thite's contribution to Vedic studies | 294.59212046 RAM/R The R̥gveda in its historical setting | 294.59218 SAR/T Taittiriyopanishad | 294.5922 TAP/S Sundara kandam of Srimad Valmiki Ramayana | 294.5925 DEV/G Garuda purana and other hindu ideas on death, rebirth and immortality |
The text-archaeology correlation in respect of the Harappan Civilization shows that the Harappans and the people of the Rgveda were part of the same multi-ethnic, multilingual, multicultural geographical and chronological space; that a prolonged phase of geo-climatic devastations ravaging the Vedic Harappan subcontinent triggered an Ideology of nature worship in which prayers could be recited only in the Vedic dialect which, in-turn, put the Vedic-speaking community on a high moral pedestal. The increasing number of clients hiring Vedic-speaking chantsmen inflated the ranks of the priesthood with attendant jealousy and infighting, which was further aggravated with the introduction of the Soma oblation. This book tries to identify the Soma plant on the basis of available literary and archaeological evidence as well as trace a hydrographic history of the river Saraswati between the fourth and the second millennium BC. It also examines the sanctification of the river as the greatest goddess (Devitame), the greatest river (Naditame), and the greatest mother (Ambitame). The final segment of the book explores the archaeo-textual possibilities and limitations of a faunal reconstruction in the Vedic-Harappan subcontinent.
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