[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › Die Religion des Veda # Die Religion des Veda Vedic gods, demons, cult and sacrifice, magic, priesthood, festivals, funerary rites and beliefs about death, analysed comparatively. - **Language:** German - **Date:** 1854–1920 CE - **Author:** [Hermann Oldenberg](https://indike.org/pramana/person/oldenberg) - **Extent:** 2,690 passages, 181,241 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 3rd–4th ed., Stuttgart/Berlin: Cotta 1923; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Hermann Oldenberg †1920); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c1) — 4 parts - [c2 Die Religion des Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c2) — 7 parts - [c3 Vorwort zur zweiten Auflage](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Inhalt](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c4) — 61 parts - [c5 Einleitung. Die Quellen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c5) — 6 parts - [c6 Erster Abschnitt. Die vedischen Götter und Dämonen im allgemeinen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c6) — 2 parts - [c7 Zweiter Abschnitt. Die einzelnen Götter und Dämonen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c7) — 9 parts - [c8 Dritter Abschnitt. Der Kultus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c8) — 11 parts - [c9 Vierter Abschnitt. Seelenglaube und Totenkultus](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c9) — 4 parts - [c10 Rückblick](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c10) — 6 parts - [c11 Nachträge und Berichtigungen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c11) — 24 parts - [c12 Register](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894.c12) — 122 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.oldenberg-1894) · Pramāṇa