cam a22 5 4500 357928962 CHVBK 20181113032833.0 080903s2008 ii abfg b||| 001 0 eng|d 2008325254 978-0-14-309986-4 (pbk.) 0-14-309986-8 (pbk.) (OCoLC)244833956 (NEBIS)010604830 (OCoLC)244833956 (OCoLC)276819822 EWF eng EWF SzZuIDS NEBIS UZH-IND rda BL1112.26 .S73 2008 294.5921 22 11.92 bcl 18.64 bcl EV 311 rvk Staal Frits (DE-588)107406802 Verfasser aut Discovering the Vedas origins, mantras, rituals, insights Frits Staal New Delhi Penguin Books 2008 New York xxxvi, 419 pages, [16] pages of plates illustrations, maps (some folded), music 20 cm Text txt rdacontent/eng ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/eng Band nc rdacarrier/eng Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-401) and index Part I: Origins and backgrounds. One or many? ; Geography of the Vedas and their language ; Archaeology and the oral tradition -- Part II: The Vedas. Constructing an edifice ; Civilization and society ; The four Vedas ; Rigveda ; Sāmaveda ; Yajurveda ; Atharvaveda ; Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas ; Upaniṣads -- Part III: Analysing the Vedas. How to discover ; Mantras ; Ritual ; Secrets of the Sadas -- Part IV: What can we learn from the Vedas? Analysis and discovery ; Sūtra: Vedic sciences ; Vedic insights -- Part V: The Vedas and Buddhism. After the Vedas ; Buddhism -- Appendix I: Liu Hui's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana -- Appendix II: Euclid's proof of the theorem of Baudhāyana Veda (DE-588)4062426-2 gnd Vedas Criticism, interpretation, etc Vedas fast Criticism, interpretation, etc fast BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 NEBIS UAOI UAOI ULSSA UAOIS F3/2 NEBIS 100 1- Staal Frits (DE-588)107406802 Verfasser aut SWISSBIB 357928962