Vedas Texts

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Vedas Texts Anonymous Fri Sep 13 21:56:29 2019 No.13812365 [Reply] [Original]

Where do I start?

I’m having a hard time understanding if these four Vedas are the only things to read. Do copies usually come with the Brahmanas? I don’t see a copy of the Brahmanas anywhere on Amazon.

Recommended copies of the proper way to read the Vedas would be appreciated.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 13 23:31:26 2019 No.13812613 >>13812365 Here's the unabridged Rig Veda. It's expensive as fuck though. https://www.amazon.com/Rigveda-3-South-Asia-Research/dp/019068500X/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=rig+veda+3+volumes&qid=1568431810&s=books&sr=1-5

>>	卐 Fri Sep 13 23:49:48 2019 No.13812676 >>13812365 First you call me, then I’ll tell you everything

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 13 23:52:05 2019 No.13812684 >>13812365 I would just read the the Upanishads they're the philosophical kernel of the whole thing

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 14 00:21:38 2019 No.13812785 >>13812684 Second this, you should read the Upanishads. Also read the Ramayana and Mahabharta

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 14 00:23:50 2019 No.13812794 File: 5 KB, 211x239, 1544782072884.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13812613 >here's the amazon link bro

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 14 01:02:08 2019 No.13812933 >>13812794 >expecting an ebook of a very expensive and scholarly translation of a very long and esoteric text to be readily available You asked for a recommended copy and I pointed you to one. It ain't gonna buy itself.

Anonymous Sat Sep 14 04:28:13 2019 No.13813464

>>13812365
Basically, you don't read them. They're huge collections of hymns mostly praising various gods. Modern day Hindus don't read them, priest families recite them orally but are more concerned with their power as mantras than their semantic meaning. Printed editions of the hymn collectiins don't include the Brahmanas, which are mostly compendia of ritual instructions.

There are some selections of the hymns in translation, a few in the public domain so you can find pdfs easily. Here's a few:
Arthur A. MacDonell (1922) "Hymns From the Rigveda"
Edward J. Thomas (1923) "Vedic Hymns"
Franklin Edgerton (1965) in "Beginnings of Indian Philosophy"
Robert C. Zaehner (1966) in "Hindu Scriptures"
Wendy Doniger (1981) "The Rig Veda"
Walter H. Maurer (1986) "Pinnacles of India's Past"

Anonymous Sat Sep 14 04:39:37 2019 No.13813510

>>13812933
All 3 volumes are on libgen you retard

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=5DDF755CDB14D3C102B27B74D8CA96D0

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=E2A4335E89204B8D58C28670251FB23A

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=27E411FAEC9124D479736319E83D6E8A

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