Language and Style of the Vedic Rsis
Download or Read eBook Language and Style of the Vedic Rsis PDF written by Tat?i?a?na I?A?kovlevna Elizarenkova and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Tat?i?a?na I?A?kovlevna Elizarenkova |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 1995-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0791416674 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780791416679 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Language and Style of the Vedic Rsis by : Tat?i?a?na I?A?kovlevna Elizarenkova
Book excerpt: Elizarenkova, perhaps the greatest living scholar of the Rgveda and certainly its greatest linguist, explains here the relationships between a very complicated grammatical system and the peculiarities of style of the archaic religious poetry. The laudatory hymn is treated as an act of verbal communication between the poet Rsi and the deity, with the hymn itself transmitting certain information from man to god. From this viewpoint, the hymn is used as a means to maintain a circular exchange of gifts between the Rsis and their gods.
