RV: New EJVS: WESTWARD HO! Talageri's Rgveda...

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De: Michael Witzel <witzel

Para: INDOLOGY <INDOLOGY

Fecha: Lunes 2 de Abril de 2001 6:06 PM

Asunto: New EJVS: WESTWARD HO! Talageri's Rgveda...

 

 

>I am glad to announce another issue of the

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>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF VEDIC STUDIES

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>Vol. 7 (2001), issue 2 (March 31) (143 k)

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>This issue deals, in some length, with a recent book aiming at "A

>Historical Analysis" of the Rgveda.

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>Its author also claims to have "invincibly" shown

>"...that India was the original homeland of the Indo-European family of

>languages ... based primarily on Puranic sources. [here] ... we examine

>in detail the actual data within the Rigveda. ... far from contradicting

>or disproving the theory put forward by us in our earlier [1993] book,

>this detailed analysis of the Rigveda emphatically confirms our theory. "

>

>Let's see!

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>Read also ( Ed.'s Note) on some interesting Hindutva invectives, threats

>and strong-arm tactics aimed at intimidating legitimate research on the

>Vedas ...

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>EJVS 7-2, CONTENTS:

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>* EDITOR'S NOTE

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>* REVIEW ARTICLE (Saavadhaanapattra no. 2):

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>Michael Witzel,

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>WESTWARD HO ! The Incredible Wanderlust of the Rgvedic Tribes Exposed by

>S. Talageri

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>A Review of: Shrikant G. Talageri, The Rigveda. A historical analysis.

>New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan 2000, pp. xxiv, 520. ISBN 81-7742-0s10-0.

>Rs. 750; http://voi.org/books/rig/

>

>

>As of today, preliminarily available at:

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>http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/EJVS-7-2.htm

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>However, the review will presently be available at our regular website :

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>http://nautilus.shore.net/~india/ejvs/

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>European mirror: http://www.asiatica.org/publications/ejvs/

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>Michael Witzel

>Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies, Harvard University

>2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, USA

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>ph. 1- 617-496 2990 (also messages)

>home page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm

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>Elect. Journ. of Vedic Studies: http://www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs