History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.7

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For a thorough understanding of Vedic sacrifices, the several Veda Saṁhitās, the Brāhmaṇas and the Śrauta sūtras must be carefully studied. Among works in English that are very helpful must be mentioned, Haug's translation (with notes) of the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, Prof. Eggeling's translation of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa with notes (S. B. E. vol. XII, XXVI, XLI, XLIII, XLIV), Prof. Keith's 'Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upaniṣads', translation of the Black Yajurveda (2 vol. in Harvard Oriental Series) and of the Ṛgveda Brāhmaṇas (one volume in the same series), Kunte's 'Vicissitudes of Aryan civilization in India.' (1880) particularly pp. 167-232. Besides these Weber and Hillebrandt have written in German scholarly works on Vedic sacrifices; Caland and Henry published a very learned, exhaustive and methodical work in French on the Agniṣṭoma (1906). In this connection the late Dr. S. V. Ketkar's labours and researches embodied in his Marathi Encyclopædia (vol. 2 and 5) are worthy of special consideration, since they furnish a much-needed corrective to the somewhat one-sided views of most European scholars that have written on Vedic Literature, though one is bound to differ from him in several matters.²²²³ The following pages are based principally on the original texts, though here and there the works of modern scholars have been availed of.