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There are many conflicting views among the commentators and translators about the meaning of the hymns of the Rgveda. The readers and researchers very often get confused to know what is the actual purport of the mantras. It is therfore,a desideratum thate all the interpretations put forward by the commentaqtors and modern exponents be comparatively studied and if possibel reconciled.
Sayana himself interprets some words differently in different contexts. As the first step of the comparative study. It is proposed to examine critically his Rgveda bhasya in comparison with okther interpretations in order to arrive at certain conclusions.
India is a vast country okf multilinear traditions where dissents form one ideology to another have been a process of change and continuity. Everry tradition has been sustained in its own way. Many schools of interpretation were in vogue during Yaska`s tine and they have maintained their continuity with certain changes in later periods too.
Therefor whatever has been possible within the limited time and means, every thing and been taken in to account in this humble attempt. Internal and external evidences,Grammar ,Niruktaq,Philology,Lexicons. Etc. have come to much help here. It is believed that this humble but sincere effort,by a very eminent Vedic scholar,will open some new avenues in the field of the Rgvedic studies and hopefully will add something new in the method of historical interpretations.
About Author :
Late Dr. Siddh Nath Shukla (M.A,Ph.D. Sagar) was a renowned Vedic scholar. He has worked as Lecutrer / Reader at the Allahabad University 1978-84. He was appointed as a Visiting Fellow in Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla for the year 1971-75. Dr. Shukla has contributed more than twenty research papers on the Veda and Avesta,four books, viz. Rgveda cayanika, Veda aur Avesta,Vedamanjari and Atharvavediyabhumisukta. He breathed his last on November 6th 1984.
Dr. Vijay Shankar Shukla is a Research officer in the Kalakosa Division,Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,New Delhi. He did ;his M.A. in Vedic studies and worked for D. Phil.degree under the guidance of Prof. H.s. Tripathi at the University of Allahabad. Dr.Shukla has contributed a research work, viz Rgvedakalin samaj aut sanskrit and several research papers Besides Rgvedic Studies he takes interest in Astronomy, Astrology,Avestan studies and textual criticism.ISBN: 8185616736
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