Vedic Mythology
Vedic gods one by one (celestial, atmospheric, terrestrial), abstract deities, goddesses, dual gods, demons, ancestors, priests and heroes, with Ṛgvedic references.
- Language
- English
- Date
- 1854–1930 CE
- Author
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell
- Extent
- 1,530 passages, 116,582 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie III.1A, Strassburg: Trübner 1897; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Arthur Anthony Macdonell †1930); published before…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 11 parts
- c2 Vedic Mythology — 29 parts
- c3 I. Introduction — 7 parts
- c4 II. Vedic Conceptions of the World and its Origin — 25 parts
- c5 III. The Vedic Gods — 20 parts
- c6 IV. Mythical Priests and Heroes — 8 parts
- c7 V. Animals and Inanimate Objects — 7 parts
- c8 VI. Demons and Fiends — 29 parts
- c9 VII. Eschatology — 4 parts
- c10 List of Abbreviations — 2 parts
- c11 Contents — 2 parts
- c12 I. Sanskrit Index — 53 parts
- c13 II. General Index — 106 parts
- c14 Addenda and Corrigenda — 25 parts