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

Debroy, Bibek

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9350501066 ISBN 13 : 9789350501061

Editeur : BR Publishing Corporation, 2023

A propos du livre

Biographie 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]

Revue de presse

The book is divided into 4 sections, each describing one Veda. The sections have very lucid, readable, modern English summary translations of the original text. There is no original Sanskrit, only English translation, and that too a summary or excerpt since the orginal Vedas are very long. I've see many translations of the Vedas, but what impressed me about this book are: (1) Translation is extremely readable/fluent, in prose-style (not in verse), not monotonous/boring and uses modern English (no thou, didst and stuff) (2) Print is good, font is big and clear, pages are good quality, binding is hardcover and feels solid (3) Translation is loyal to the original text. I've compared many sections with 4 other translations (by different authors) and this matches them (within boundaries of interpretation) Things this book could have done better: (1) There is no cross-reference to original Vedic verse. For example, when you're reading a paragraph in the Rig Veda, it doesn't tell you which mandala or verse it refers to. (2) The Rig Veda is the oldest and many of its verses are restated in the other Vedas. But they should be translated under Rig Veda since that is the original source. For example, this book has the Gayatri Mantra in the Yajur Veda, which is not incorrect, but everyone expects it in the Rig Veda since that's where it originally is from. Other than a few quirks like this, this is the only book I could find that gives a good, lucid, prose overview or flavor of the contents of all the Vedas. --By Book Lover Portland

Will make a good reference of the vedas if you are into scriptural studies. However, it may not be complete. --Murali

The Holy Vedas are the Mother of all religious scriptures. All other religious scriptures are offshoots from the great Vedas ever changing over time to suit the views and desires of the aspirants. Reading the Vedas only help in understanding whatever religion an aspirant pursues. Therefore, I can only encourage the reading of the Vedas. --Carmelita G. Biffle

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BR Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9350501066
• ISBN 13: 9789350501061
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 450
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bhavya Mehta; bhavyamehta47@yahoo.in; ; 17/2,1st floor central market,tilak nagar,; Delhi; New Delhi; 110018; Inde
• Personne responsable: non disponible