The Holy Vedas Chaukhamba Orientalia The work was recommended for

The work was recommended for the Doctorate Degree by Judges who were mathematicians and its publication will be an addition to the meagre expositions available on the scientific aspects of Sanskrit literature

where the scholar and the more serious reader may study them at leisure

the equivalent of a personal name

In any case

and Mircea Eliade -whose shoulders provide what turns out to be not so much a resting place as a springboard for his own contribution to the never-ending parampara of Mahabharata studies

The Holy Vedas Chaukhamba Orientalia The work was recommended forThe Vedas are ancient texts that are sacred in India and renowned the world over. The word Veda literally means Knowledge. The root is vid, to Know The Vedas are thus texts that provide Knowledge. There are four Vedas, known as the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda. Many years ago, the Vedas were referred to as trayi or three. There must have been some point in time when there were only three Vedas. These are acknowledged to