The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)
Vedic literature, ritual, hieratic religion, pantheon and its growth, gods and their origin, Atharvan magic, to Upaniṣadic thought.
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1855–1928 CE
- Author
- Maurice Bloomfield
- Extent
- 862 passages, 68,149 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · New York/London: Putnam 1908; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Maurice Bloomfield †1928); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 16 parts
- c2 The Religion of the Veda — 7 parts
- c3 Preface — 3 parts
- c4 Announcement — 36 parts
- c5 Contents — 18 parts
- c6 Lecture the First. India the Land of Religions—The Veda — 28 parts
- c7 Lecture the Second. The Hieratic Religion.—The Pantheon of the Veda — 74 parts
- c8 Lecture the Third. The Prehistoric Gods — 120 parts
- c9 Lecture the Fourth. The Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Gods.—Religious Conceptions and Religious Feeling in the Veda — 94 parts
- c10 Lecture the Fifth. The Beginnings of Hindu Theosophy — 118 parts
- c11 Lecture the Sixth. The Final Philosophy of the Veda — 92 parts
- c12 Index — 57 parts