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This text contains the most important Hindu religious and philosophical literature in one volume. The shorter "Upanishads" are represented here and selections from the remainder are illuminated. This volume also contains the "Bhagavad-Vita", which actually falls outside the Hindu canon.
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"Good has significantly revised R. C. Zaehner's book on Hindu scriptures by deleting some parts and adding the Yajnavalkya-Smrti (a work on conduct, legal proceedings, and penitential rites), the first seven chapters of the Kirana-Tantra (a work on initiation into the Saiva Siddhanta cult), and the Bhagavat-Purana (a work expressing popular devotionalism). . . . The book provides fresh translations of portions of the Rig and Athavara Vedas, some Upanishads, and the Bhagavad-Gita."--"Library Journal
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With the addition of three fresh translations, including one work which appears for the first time in English, this new and expanded edition of Zaehner's invaluable anthology now spans more than twenty centuries and ranges from arcane hymns of the ancient Aryans and prescriptions that govern every aspect of the daily life of the orthodox, to rich poetry that describes with heady sensuality the dalliance of Krsna and the cowherd women of Vraja on the nights of the autumn moon.
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- PublisherPhoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0460877801
- ISBN 13 9780460877800
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
- EditorGoodall Dominic
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