About the Book:
Hindu Scriptures is a unique collection of Hindu texts spanning more than twenty centuries. An enlarged edition of R.C. Zaehner's anthology, with the addition of three fresh translations (including one work which appears for the first time in English), its broad range includes arcane hymns of the ancient Aryans, a manual of prescriptions governing every aspect of the daily life of the orthodox, and rich poetry that describes with heady sensuality the dalliance of Krsna and the cowherd women of Vraja on the nights of the autumn moon
About the Author:
DOMINIC GOODALL was educated at Ampleforth College and at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read Sanskrit. After two years at the University of Hamburg (as a Hanseatic scholar of the Stiftung Freiherr von Stein) and doctoral studies at Wolfson College, Oxford, he is now attached to the Institute Francais de Pondichery in South India and is working with the manuscript collection there.
Note on the Editor Introduction Note on the Texts and Translations Guide to Pronunciation
FROM THE RG-VEDA
The 'Gayatri' To Varuna and Others To Visnu To Agni To Indra To Rudra Soma Pressed in the Bowls To Visvakarman To Visvakarman The Sacrifice of Primal Man Prajapati (the 'Golden Embryo') 'In the Beginning...'
FROM THE ATHARVA-VEDA
Primal Man Skambha (the Support) Skambha again To the Breath of Life
FROM THE UPANISHADS
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad Chandogya Upanishad Isa Upanishad Katha Upanishad Mandukya Upanishad Svetasvatara Upanishad
THE BHAGAVAD-GITA
FROM THE YAJNAVALKYA-SMRTI
The Law Book of Yajnavalkya, Chapter 1 (Conduct) The Law Book of Yajnavalkya, Chapter 3 (Reparations)
FROM THE KIRANA-TANTRA
Chapters 1-7
FROM THE BHAGAVATA-PURANA
Book X, Chapters 29-33
Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading Acknowledgments
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