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Index
Cover
About the Editor
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
THE RIG VEDA
CREATION
10.129 Creation Hymn (Nasadiya)
10.121 The Unknown God, the Golden Embryo
10.90 Purusa-Sukta, or The Hymn of Man
10.130 The Creation of the Sacrifice
10.190 Cosmic Heat
10.81-2 The All-Maker (Visvakarman)
10.72 Aditi and the Birth of the Gods
DEATH
10.14 Yama and the Fathers
10.16 The Funeral Fire
10.18 Burial Hymn
10.154 Funeral Hymn
10.135 The Boy and the Chariot
10.58 A Spell to Turn Back the Departing Spirit
THE ELEMENTS OF SACRIFICE
10.71 The Origins of Sacred Speech
10.125 Speech
10.173 Royal Consecration
10.33 Lament of the Aged Priest
10.101 The Sacrificial Priests
10.117 In Praise of Generosity
10.151 Faith
1.164 The Riddle of the Sacrifice (Asya Vamasya)
THE HORSE SACRIFICE
1.163 Hymn to the Horse
1.162 The Sacrifice of the Horse
10.56 Requiem for a Horse
GODS OF THE SACRIFICE: AGNI AND SOMA
1.1 I Pray to Agni
1.26 Agni and the Gods
5.2 The Birth of Agni
2.35 The Child of the Waters (Apâm Napât)
10.51 The Gods Coax Agni out of the Waters
10.124 Indra Lures Agni from Vrtra no
4.5 The Mystery of Agni
6.9 Agni and the Young Poet
10.5 The Hidden Agni
SOMA
8.79 This Restless Soma
9.74 Soma Pressed in the Bowls
10.94 The Pressing-Stones
4.58 Butter
4.26-7 Soma and Indra and the Eagle
10.119 The Soma-Drinker Praises Himself
9.113 The Ecstasy of Soma
8.48 We Have Drunk the Soma
10.136 The Long-haired Ascetic
INDRA
4.18 The Birth and Childhood Deeds of Indra
10.28 Indra Chastises His Son
1.32 The Killing of Vrtra
3.31 The Cows in the Cave
10.108 Saramä and the Panis
10.171 Indra Beheads the Sacrifice
8.14 ‘If I were Like You, Indra’
2.12 ‘Who is Indra?’
GODS OF THE STORM
1.85 The Maruts
1.165,1.170,1.171 Indra, the Maruts, and Agastya
5.83 Parjanya, the Bull
7.101 Parjanya, the Cow
10.168 The Gale Wind
SOLAR GODS
1.92 Dawn and the Asvins
1.116 The Deeds of the Asvins
5.78 The Rescue of Atri
5.40 Atri and the Lost Sun
1.50 The Sun, Sürya
10.123 Vena
10.177 The Bird
1.42 Püsan on the Road
6.55 Püsan, Child of the Unharnessing
2.38 Savitr at Sunset
1.35 Savitr at Night
10.127 Night
SKY AND EARTH
1.160 Sky and Earth
1.185 Guard Us from the Monstrous Abyss
6.70 The Two Full of Butter
VARUNA
5.85 The Deeds of Varuna
7.86 Varuna Provoked to Anger
7.88 Varuna the Friend of Vasistha
7.89 The House of Clay
2.28 Varuna
RUDRA AND VISNU
2.33 Rudra, Father of the Maruts
1.114 Have Mercy on Us, Rudra
1.154 The Three Strides of Visnu
REALIA
10.9 The Waters of Life
7.49 The Waters, Who are Goddesses
7.103 The Frogs
9.112 Human Diversity: A Hymn to Soma
6.75 To Arms
10.34 The Gambler’s Lament
10.146 Lost in the Forest
WOMEN
10.10 Yama and Yami
1.179 Agastya and Lopämudrä
10.95 Purüravas and Urvasï
8.91 Apälä and Indra
10.86 Indra and the Monkey
10.40 The Courtship of Ghosä
10.85 The Marriage of Süryä
10.109 The Rape and Return of the Brahmin’s Wife
10.102 Mudgala’s Wife and the Bull in the Chariot
INCANTATIONS AND SPELLS
10.97 The Healing Plants
10.164 Against Bad Dreams and Sins
7.55 Sleeping Spell
10.145 Against Rival Wives
10.159 The Triumphant Wife
10.184 For a Safe Pregnancy and Birth
10.162 To Protect the Embryo
7.104 The Demons in Hell
10.165 The Dove of Death
APPENDIX 1
Abbreviations
APPENDIX 2
Dictionaries, Concordances, Bibliographies, and Selected General Studies of the Rig Veda
APPENDIX 3
Translations of the Rig Veda
APPENDIX 4
Bibliography of Translations and Commentaries on Hymns Translated in This Volume
APPENDIX 5
Hymns Translated in This Volume, Listed in Numerical Order, with Opening Sanskrit Phrase
APPENDIX 6
Index and Glossary
Footnote
Introduction
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