The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.s2: Chapter IV. The Age of the Rigveda

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.s2

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Chapter IV. The Age of the Rigveda

Rigveda, Saṃhitā and Pada text with Sāyaṇa’s commentary. Ed. by F. Max Müller. 2nd edn. 1890–2. Saṃhitā text. Ed. by Th. Aufrecht. 2nd edn. Bonn, 1877. Translations by H. Grassmann, Leipzig, 1876–7; R. T. H. Griffith, Benares, 1896–7; A. Ludwig, Prag, 1876–88; in part only, by Max Müller, Sacred Books of the East, vol. xxxii, Oxford, 1891; and H. Oldenberg, ibid. vol. xlvi, 1897. Commentaries by Ludwig, *v. sup.*, and Oldenberg, Prolegomena, Berlin, 1888; Noten, I–v, Berlin, 1909; vi–x, Berlin, 1911. Scheftelowitz, I. Die Apokryphen des Rigveda. Breslau, 1907.

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2. SPECIAL WORKS.

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Kaegi, A. The Rigveda. Trans. by R. Arrowsmith. Boston, 1886. Macdonell, A. A. and Keith, A. B. Vedic Index. 1912. Pischel, R. and Geldner, K. F. Vedische Studien. Stuttgart, 1889–1901. Zimmer, H. Altindisches Leben. Berlin, 1879.

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3. GENERAL.

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Arnold, E. V. Vedic Metre. Cambridge, 1905. Barth, A. The Religions of India. London, 1882. Bergaigne, A. La Religion Védique. Paris, 1878–83. Bloomfield, M. The Religion of the Veda. New York, 1908. Deussen, P. Allgemeine Geschichte der Philosophie. Vol. I, pt. I, Philosophie des Veda. Leipzig, 1894. Hardy, E. Die Vedische-brahmanische Periode der Religion des alten Indiens. Münster i. W., 1893. Hillebrandt, A. Vedische Mythologie. Breslau, 1891–1902. Hopkins, E. W. The Religions of India. Boston, 1895. —— India Old and New. New York, 1901. Macdonell, A. A. Vedic Mythology. Strassburg, 1897. —— Sanskrit Literature. 1900. —— Vedic Grammar. Strassburg, 1910. Max Müller, F. History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature. 2nd edn. 1860. Muir, J. Original Sanskrit Texts. Vol. v. 3rd edn. 1884. Oldenberg, H. Ancient India. 2nd edn. Chicago, 1898. —— Buddha, English translation by Hoey. London, 1882. —— Die Literatur des alten Indien. Berlin, 1903. —— Rigvedaforschung. Berlin, 1905. —— Die Religion des Veda. Berlin, 1894. Roth, R. Zur Litteratur und Geschichte des Weda. Stuttgart, 1846. von Schroeder, L. Indiens Literatur und Cultur. Leipzig, 1887. Sieg, E. Die Sagenstoffe des Rigveda und die indische Itihāsatradition. Stuttgart, 1902. Wackernagel, J. Altindische Grammatik. Göttingen, 1896 etc. Weber, A. The History of Indian Literature. 2nd edn. London, 1882. Winternitz, M. Die Geschichte der indischen Litteratur. Vol. I. 2nd edn. Leipzig, 1909.

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THE PERIOD OF THE LATER SAṂHITĀS, THE BRĀHMAṆAS, THE ĀRAṆYAKAS, AND THE UPANISHADS

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Atharvaveda, Saṃhitā text. Ed. by R. Roth and W. D. Whitney. Berlin, 1856; Saṃhitā and Pada text, with Sāyaṇa's commentary. Ed. by Shankar P. Pandit. Bombay, 1895–8.

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Translations by R. T. H. Griffith, Benares, 1897; W. D. Whitney (with additions by C. R. Lanman), Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A., 1905; in part, M. Bloomfield, Sacred Books of the East, XLII, Oxford, 1897.

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Sāmaveda. Ed. with translation, by Th. Benfey, Leipzig, 1848; by Satyavrata Sāmaçramī, Calcutta, 1873.

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Translation by Griffith. Benares, 1893.

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Yajurveda: 1. Taittirīya Saṃhitā. Ed. by A. Weber, Indische Studien, XI and XII, Berlin, 1871–2; with the commentary of Mādhava, Calcutta, 1854–99.

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—— 2. Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā. Ed. by L. von Schroeder. Leipzig, 1900–11.

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—— 3. Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā. Ed. by von Schroeder. Leipzig, 1881–6.

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—— 4. Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā. With Mahīdhara's commentary. Ed. by Weber. London, 1852.

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Translation by Griffith, Benares, 1899; by A. B. Keith, Cambridge, Mass., 1914.

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Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by Th. Aufrecht. Bonn, 1879.

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Aitareya Āraṇyaka. Ed. with a translation by Keith. Oxford, 1909.

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Kaushītaki Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by B. Lindner. Jena, 1887.

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Çāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka. Ed. by Keith, Oxford, 1909 (books VII–XV); Friedländer, Berlin, 1900 (I–II); E. B. Cowell, Calcutta, 1861 (III–VI = Kaushītaki Brāhmaṇa Upanishad).

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Translation by Keith. London, 1908.

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Pañcaviṃça Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by A. Vedāntavāgīça. Calcutta, 1869–74.

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Jaiminīya or Talavakāra Brāhmaṇa; the Upanishad Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by H. Oertel with translation and notes. Journal of the American Oriental Society, XVI, 79–260.

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Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by Rājendralāla Mitra, Calcutta, 1855–70; N. Godabole, Poona, 1898.

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Taittirīya Āraṇyaka. Ed. H. N. Apte. Poona, 1898.

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Çatapatha Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by A. Weber. London, 1855.

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Translation by J. Eggeling, Sacred Books of the East, XII, XXVI, XLI, XLIII, XLIV. Oxford, 1882–1900.

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Gopatha Brāhmaṇa. Ed. by Rājendralāla Mitra and H. Vidyābhūshaṇa. Calcutta, 1872.

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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upanishad. Ed. with translation, by O. Böhtlingk. Leipzig, 1889.

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Chhāndogya Upanishad. Ed. with translation, by Böhtlingk. Leipzig, 1889.

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Kāṭhaka Upanishad. Ed. by Apte. Poona, 1889.

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Translation of the principal Upanishads by F. Max Müller, Sacred Books of the East, vols. I and XV; by P. Deussen, Sechzig Upanishads, Leipzig, 1897.

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2. MODERN WORKS.

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In addition to the books given in the Bibliography to Chapter IV may be mentioned:

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Bloomfield, M. The Atharvaveda. Strassburg, 1899. Deussen, P. Die Philosophie der Upanishads. Leipzig, 1899. Fick, R. Die sociale Gliederung im nordöstlichen Indien zu Buddha's Zeit. Kiel, 1897. Foy, W. Die königliche Gewalt nach den Dharmasūtren. Leipzig, 1895. Francke, R. O. Pāli und Sanskrit. Strassburg, 1902. Hillebrandt, A. Ritual-Litteratur. Strassburg, 1897. Hopkins, E. W. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, XV, 21 sq. (on the Pañcaviṁça Brāhmaṇa). Jolly, J. Recht und Sitte. Strassburg, 1896. —— Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft, L, 507 sq. (on the castes). Muir, J. Original Sanskrit Texts, vol. I, 2nd edn. (on the castes). Oldenberg, H. Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft, LI, 267-90 (on the castes). Rhys Davids, T. W. Buddhist India. London, 1903. Senart, E. Les Castes dans l'Inde. Paris, 1896. Weber, A. Die vedischen Nachrichten von den Naxatra. Berlin, 1861. Indische Studien, especially vol. I (geographical etc. data from the Çatapatha Brāhmaṇa), III (data from the Kāṭhaka Saṁhitā), x (complete collection of data regarding the castes). Many papers in the Proceedings of the Berlin Academy, 1889–1901. Whitney, W. D. Journal of the American Oriental Society, VI and VIII (on the Nakshatras). The Indian Empire (Imp. Gaz.), vol. I, chap. VI (Ethnology and Caste); chap. VII (Languages). Oxford, 1907.