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The Present volume, contains the translation of the Aitareya brahmana based on the accurate original text edited by Haug, Aufrecht and the one used by Sayana in his commentary, while that of the Kausitaki Brahmana is based on the text edited by Lindtner. Both the Brahmanas are important, for they have preserved for use the ancient traditions of their schools, not available from any older source. Dr. Keith has added a long introduction to this volume. Extending over 103 pages it covers the Comparison of Contents of the two Brahmanas, their relation, Composition, Dates, Ritual, Language, Style, Metre, Commentaries and Editions. In the treatment of this vast subject matter the reader will find abundant material to ensure the correctness of textual interpretation in the translation of the text. This monumental work is an excellent contribution to the knowledge of sacrificial cult that characterized Indian life in the Vedic age.

The Present volume, contains the translation of the Aitareya brahmana based on the accurate original text edited by Haug, Aufrecht and the one used by Sayana in his commentary, while that of the Kausitaki Brahmana is based on the text edited by Lindtner. Both the Brahmanas are important, for they have preserved for use the ancient traditions of their schools, not available from any older source. Dr. Keith has added a long introduction to this volume. Extending over 103 pages it covers the Comparison of Contents of the two Brahmanas, their relation, Composition, Dates, Ritual, Language, Style, Metre, Commentaries and Editions. In the treatment of this vast subject matter the reader will find abundant material to ensure the correctness of textual interpretation in the translation of the text. This monumental work is an excellent contribution to the knowledge of sacrificial cult that characterized Indian life in the Vedic age.

Retells stories from ancient Indian folklore and analyzes each tale in terms of modern Freudian psychology

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1882 edition by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Retells stories from ancient Indian folklore and analyzes each tale in terms of modern Freudian psychology

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

In this book, J. C. Heesterman attempts to understand the origins and nature of Vedic sacrifice—the complex compound of ritual practices that stood at the center of ancient Indian religion. Paying close attention to anomalous elements within both the Vedic ritual texts, the brahmanas, and the ritual manuals, the srautasutras, Heesterman reconstructs the ideal sacrifice as consisting of four moments: killing, destruction, feasting, and contest. He shows that Vedic sacrifice all but exclusively stressed the offering in the fire—the element of destruction—at the expense of the other elements. Notably, the contest was radically eliminated. At the same time sacrifice was withdrawn from society to become the sole concern of the individual sacrificer. The ritual turns in on the individual as "self-sacrificer" who realizes through the internalized knowledge of the ritual the immortal Self. At this point the sacrificial cult of the fire recedes behind doctrine of the atman's transcendence and unity with the cosmic principle, the brahman. Based on his intensive analysis Heesterman argues that Vedic sacrifice was primarily concerned with the broken world of the warrior and sacrificer. This world, already broken in itself by the violence of the sacrificial contest, was definitively broken up and replaced with the ritrualism of the single, unopposed sacrificer. However, the basic problem of sacrifice—the riddle of life and death—keeps breaking too surface in the form of incongruities, contradictions, tensions, and oppositions that have perplexed both the ancient ritual theorists and the modern scholar.

The Chandogya Upanishad forms the last chapter of the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda. It is the second largest of the major Upanishads, next only to the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. Shankara held this Upanishad in great esteem and quoted from it in his bhasya of the Brahma Sutras. This translation by Swami Lokeswarananda includes the Devanagari script, Roman transliteration, word for word meaning, English translation and notes based on Shankara's commentary. In interpreting the text, the commentary of Sri Sankara has been systematically followed, mainly in the light of the Gloss by Anandagiri. This is not an easy scripture to read or study, but is nonetheless an important scripture.

Ramana Maharshi and Shankara are two of the greatest and most important sages in the tradition of Advaita the Vedic state of non-dualism, or the oneness of the self and Brahma. Shankara, born in the 8th century, consolidated the teaching of the Upanishadic and Brahmana Sutras into a practical philosophy of living, while Ramana Maharshi revived these principles and beliefs in the 20th century, bringing about a worldwide renaissance of Advaita. This invaluable volume contains the pearls of their combined wisdom, including some of Shankara’s major works translated by Ramana. Among them: Shankara's famous The Crest Jewel of Discrimination” and Maharshi's seminal Forty Verses on Reality.”

Based on Vedas and Brahmanas, a practical perspective on Vedic religion. the Purva and Karma Mimamsa, founded by Jaimini, discuss sacred rituals and rewards from performance. With an elaborate introduction detailing the principles of Mimamsa in solving problems of interpretation. The translation of the Stupa is simple, with notes. reprint.