Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Mantras of the Rig Veda

By:

Frawley David

Publication details: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited 2016 DelhiDescription: 275ISBN:

9788120811607

Subject(s):

Ancient Seers

DDC classification:

658 FRA

Summary: "The Rig Veda is not only one of the oldest sacred scriptures of the world, but also one of the most misunderstood. Past scholarship has dismissed the hymns of the Rig Veda as being expressions of a primitive animistic mentality that only rarely rose to true spiritual and philosophical heights. David Frawley's book demonstrates that this judgmental view is ill-founded. His fine renderings of select Vedic hymns bear witness to the fact that their composers were sages and seers--powerful poets who knew the art of symbolic and metaphoric communication. The Vedic hymns give us a unique glimpse not into a primitive mentality but a mentality and culture that revolved around the highest spiritual values and visions. This is an important and riveting book, ushering in a new and sounder tradition of Vedic interpretation and scholarship." Georg Feuerstein Source: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Wisdom_of_the_Ancient_Seers/j6z3DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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"The Rig Veda is not only one of the oldest sacred scriptures of the world, but also one of the most misunderstood. Past scholarship has dismissed the hymns of the Rig Veda as being expressions of a primitive animistic mentality that only rarely rose to true spiritual and philosophical heights. David Frawley's book demonstrates that this judgmental view is ill-founded. His fine renderings of select Vedic hymns bear witness to the fact that their composers were sages and seers--powerful poets who knew the art of symbolic and metaphoric communication. The Vedic hymns give us a unique glimpse not into a primitive mentality but a mentality and culture that revolved around the highest spiritual values and visions. This is an important and riveting book, ushering in a new and sounder tradition of Vedic interpretation and scholarship." Georg Feuerstein

Source: https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Wisdom_of_the_Ancient_Seers/j6z3DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

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