Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Phillip, There are two ancient volumes in the Bombay Sanskrit and Prakrit Series (nos. xxxvi and lviii) by an old Elphinstone College teacher, Peter Peterson, called _Hymns from the Rgveda_ and _A Second Selection of Hymns from the Rgveda_, which I have as 1970s reprints from Bhandarkar ORI (orig. pub'd in the late 19th c.). They provide saMhitaa texts, padapaaTha, SaayaNa's gloss, and extensive grammatical notes and translations by Peterson. Needless to say, the scholarship underlying the notes and translations is far out of date, and should be checked against more recent work, but 50+ hymns are covered and you might find it a convenient starting point. On the other hand, if you have gone through Macdonell and Lanman, you ought to be able to attack the texts armed with more authoritative (if less conveniently digested) scholarship to guide you. Timothy Lubin Assistant Professor (Religions of South Asia) Department of Religion 23 Newcomb Hall Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 office: 540-463-8146; fax: 540-463-8498 lubint http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint >>> phillip.ernest 04/23/01 05:55PM >>> Dear (new!) list: I wonder if anyone can give me, off the top of his or her head, the titles of editions of Vedic texts which include a vocabulary, possibly notes? I have been through Macdonell and Lanman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Dear Phillip, in addition to what you already have there are 4 hymns (1.115, 6.64, 3.45 and 5.85) in Wolfgang Morgenroth's Lehrbuch des Sanskrit (VEB Verlag Enzyklopaedie Leipzig, 1977). Text with transcription, notes and vocabulary in German. Yours, Ferenc ----------------------- Ferenc Ruzsa, PhD associate professor of philosophy Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest e-mail: f_ruzsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Thank you for this recommendation. I will see if it is in the university library here. I am sure I could read Vedic with just a dictionary, but I am lazy, and besides, I like to read Sanskrit on the subway, so editions that have everything between two covers are very convenient. Thanks again, P On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Timothy Lubin wrote: > Phillip, > > There are two ancient volumes in the Bombay Sanskrit and Prakrit Series > (nos. xxxvi and lviii) by an old Elphinstone College teacher, Peter > Peterson, called _Hymns from the Rgveda_ and _A Second Selection of > Hymns from the Rgveda_, which I have as 1970s reprints from Bhandarkar > ORI (orig. pub'd in the late 19th c.). They provide saMhitaa texts, > padapaaTha, SaayaNa's gloss, and extensive grammatical notes and > translations by Peterson. Needless to say, the scholarship underlying > the notes and translations is far out of date, and should be checked > against more recent work, but 50+ hymns are covered and you might find > it a convenient starting point. > > On the other hand, if you have gone through Macdonell and Lanman, you > ought to be able to attack the texts armed with more authoritative (if > less conveniently digested) scholarship to guide you. > > Timothy Lubin > Assistant Professor (Religions of South Asia) > Department of Religion > 23 Newcomb Hall > Washington and Lee University > Lexington, VA 24450 > > office: 540-463-8146; fax: 540-463-8498 > lubint > http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint > > > >>> phillip.ernest 04/23/01 05:55PM >>> > Dear (new!) list: > > I wonder if anyone can give me, off the top of his or her head, the > titles > of editions of Vedic texts which include a vocabulary, possibly notes? > I > have been through Macdonell and Lanman. > > > > > indology > > > > Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 And thanks to others who have written me in answer to this question; all your recommendations are helpful, and as many as can be made are welcome. P. Ernest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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