Book Description
The book contains Samhita texts of Rgveda, the Padapatha, Sayana'scommentary, English translation and notes. The notes after the Padapatha andSayana's commentary on each mantra are of a lexicographical and exegeticalnature. The lexicographical notes can substitute the complete Vedic dictionary. There are appendices on Grammar, Metre, Accent, Vedic mythology and also someremarks on the age of the Rgveda. The quotations in Sayana's commentary havebeen traced, compared, and the figures given where it was possible andpractical. The English translation is very much useful to understand the Samhitatexts which are very carefully selected in the present section. The Bibliographyis a mine of important source books.