[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c1) — 16 parts - [c2 The Religion of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Announcement](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c4) — 36 parts - [c5 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c5) — 18 parts - [c6 Lecture the First. India the Land of Religions—The Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c6) — 28 parts - [c7 Lecture the Second. The Hieratic Religion.—The Pantheon of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c7) — 74 parts - [c8 Lecture the Third. The Prehistoric Gods](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8) — 120 parts - [c9 Lecture the Fourth. The Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque Gods.—Religious Conceptions and Religious Feeling in the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c9) — 94 parts - [c10 Lecture the Fifth. The Beginnings of Hindu Theosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c10) — 118 parts - [c11 Lecture the Sixth. The Final Philosophy of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c11) — 92 parts - [c12 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c12) — 57 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) · Pramāṇa