The Holy Vedas: Rig Veda,Yajur Veda Sama Veda and Atharva Veda - Couverture rigide

Debroy, Bibek

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8176465291 ISBN 13 : 9788176465298

Editeur : BR Publishing Corporation, 2006

Synopsis

The Vedas are ancient texts that are sacred in India and reknowned the world over.There are four vedas,known as the Rig Veda,the Yajur Veda,the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda.Vedas teach the three paths to salvation.These paths are jnana(knowledge),bhakti(devotion) and karma(action).The Rig Veda is identified with the path of knowledge,the Yajur veda with the path of action and the Sama veda with the path of devotion. A honest effort has been made in this Book to explain the contents of the Vedas in easy to follow language.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bibek Debroy (born 25 January 1955) is an Indian economist. Since March 2007, he has been professor at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.[citation needed] He has also been Visiting Honorary Senior Research Fellow for Institute for South Asian Studies in National University of Singapore from May 2009.Debroy studied at Ramakrishna Mission Narendrapur, Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. His past positions include the Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Consultant to the Department of Economic Affairs of Finance Ministry (Government of India), Secretary General of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Director of the project LARGE (Legal Adjustments and Reforms for Globalising the Economy), set up by the Finance Ministry and UNDP for examining legal reforms in India. Between December 2006 and July 2007, he was the rapporteur[clarification needed] for implementation in the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Debroy has authored several books, papers and popular articles, has been the Consulting Editor of Indian financial and other newspapers. He has been a member of the National Manufacturing Competitive Council from November 2004 to December 2009.[citation needed] Since 2013, he has been a Member of the Chief Minister's Economic Advisory Council in Rajasthan. Since September 2014, he has been the Chairman of the High Powered Committee set up by the Ministry of Railways to restructure Indian Railways. In the past Debroy has taught at Presidency College, Calcutta, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and the National Council of Applied Economic Research. In 2010, he started authoring a ten-volume unabridged English translation of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata. This concluded in 2014. On 5 January 2015, he was appointed as permanent member of NITI Aayog (or National Institution for Transforming India Aayog), which is the replacement of Planning Commission and will act as a think-tank to the government of India.[1][2][3] He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.[4]

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BR Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8176465291
• ISBN 13: 9788176465298
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 450
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible