| Publisher |
FINGERPRINT PUBLISHING |
| Publication Year |
2023 |
| ISBN-13 |
9789354408960 |
| ISBN-10 |
9354408966 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
480 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
385 |
| Subject |
Classic Fiction |
A Vedic Reader for Students is an introduction to the dramatis personae in the Vedas, mainly the Rigveda. It contains 30 hymns of the Rigveda in the original Samhita and Pada text, with transliteration, translation, explanatory notes, a scholarly introduction, and a vocabulary designed especially for beginners in comprehensible English.
Master the details of the renowned Rigveda!
Perfect for philosophy lovers
A comprehensive guide to the Rigveda
Easy to understand language
Special vocabulary and explanatory notes included
A must-have book for beginners of Vedic study
Arthur Anthony Macdonell
Macdonell was born Muzaffarpur in India the son of Charles Alexander Macdonell, of the Indian Army. He was educated at Göttingen University, then matriculated in 1876 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, gaining a classical exhibition and three scholarships (for German, Chinese, and the Boden Scholarship for Sanskrit). He graduated with classical honours in 1880 and was appointed Taylorian Teacher of German at Oxford. In 1883 he obtained his PhD from the University of Leipzig, and then became Deputy Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford in 1888, and Boden Professor of Sanskrit in 1899 (a post that carried with it a fellowship of Balliol College, Oxford.[2] Macdonell edited various Sanskrit texts, wrote a grammar,[3] compiled a dictionary, and published a Vedic grammar, a Vedic Reader, and a work on Vedic mythology; he also wrote a history of Sanskrit.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell
FINGERPRINT PUBLISHING