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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2011

Pages: 353-361

ISBN (Hardback): 9783034604048

Full citation:

Maria Kozianka, "Grassmann's "Wörterbuch des rig-veda" (dictionary of rig-veda)", in: From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context, Berlin, Springer, 2011

Grassmann's "Wörterbuch des rig-veda" (dictionary of rig-veda)

a milestone in the study of vedic sanskrit

Maria Kozianka

pp. 353-361

in: Steve Russ, Jörg Liesen (eds), From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context, Berlin, Springer, 2011

Abstract

The RV, translated literally as "the knowledge of the hymns of praise", is the oldest literary monument of the Indian language. It contains 1,028 hymns (s¯ukt¯as), that are distributed among ten books or song cycles (man.d.al¯as) according to clearly recognisable principles. The division into ten books is not coincidental. Books II–VII, the so-called family books, stem from important families of poets. man.d.al¯a IXcontains mainly songs to Soma.

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 2011

Pages: 353-361

ISBN (Hardback): 9783034604048

Full citation:

Maria Kozianka, "Grassmann's "Wörterbuch des rig-veda" (dictionary of rig-veda)", in: From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context, Berlin, Springer, 2011