{"product_id":"origin-of-vedas-9781645879800","title":"Origin of Vedas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): K. S. Krishnan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hinduism - Sacred Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is primarily about the Rgveda, the avowed source text of all Hindu religious texts. It is a collection of 1028 mostly unrelated hymns. The language in which it is composed is known as 'Vedic', from which Sanskrit is believed to have evolved later. About a fifth of the poems are prayers addressed to what could be 'Nature Gods'. Others cover a motley of subjects. About fifteen of these hymns relates to cosmogony, but differing in essentials. Vedic clearly belongs to the Indo-European language family. Apart from many cognate words that are common in all these languages, many of the stories mentioned in the Rgveda have a strong resemblance to mythologies in the other languages of the family; not just to the Zoroastrian ones, but also to those of Greek, Celtic, Nordic, Slavic, Hittite and others. Origin of Vedas also discusses a wide range of issues related to the origin and expansion of the Indo-European language family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author has managed to collect together a lot of information about the Rgveda; some of which most would not have heard about earlier. Those interested in these may go through chapter 4 and 9.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46457319129239,"sku":"9781645879800","price":3418.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781645879800.webp?v=1769181226","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/origin-of-vedas-9781645879800","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}