The Indra Hymns of the Ṛgveda
The Indra Hymns of the Ṛgveda

Author: J Gonda

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9004658750

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Although the number of hymns composed in honour of the most popular member of the Vedic pantheon is nearly one- fourth of the total, a monograph on this important collection of religious poetry has up to now never been published. It has been the author's endeavour to ascertain and examine all relevant facts concerning their structure, the contents and composition of essential constituent parts of the hymns. Further, this study tries to understand how the poets presented their subject-matter and elaborated their themes; to illustrate by numerous (translated) quotations the character of their elements (praise, prayer, and references to sacrifices); to investigate how far these are kept separate; to examine numerous stylistic and phraseological particulars, and the various peculiarities of their versification as well as the syntactic aspects of this poetry.

The Artful Universe
The Artful Universe

Author: William K. Mahony

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780791435793

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Provides an accessible introduction to the Vedic religious world by focusing on the role of divine and human imagination in sacred texts.

The Vision of Vedic Poets
The Vision of Vedic Poets

Author: J. Gonda

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-05-02

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 3110908921

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This book is primarily intended to be an Investigation into the Meaning and Religious significance of the important Vedic term dhi, which has been variously and often inadequately translated.

Studies in Brythonic Word Order
Studies in Brythonic Word Order

Author: James Fife

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1991-11-30

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9027277877

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While Celtic languages are nominally VSO in basic word order, the languages of the Brythonic branch have exhibited striking synchronic and historical variations from the prototype. This volume comprises the very latest research in word order in Welsh, reton and Cornish from nine of the leading scholars in the field. The studies deal with historical, typological and descriptive issues from several approaches (including philological, functional and government and binding). The scope ranges over all the Brythonic languages, as well as the entire diachronic spectrum from the proto-language up to the most recent colloquial trends. The volume provides the expert with a collection of state-of-the-art research and the non-specialist with a comprehensive survey of the problems and debates in a language grouping fraught with intricate questions of word order and word order change.