Comparative Philology and the Ṛg-Veda: 1.32.1, 3.33.6-7 1.32.1, 3.33.6-7
The following article attempts to bring together two complementary methods of reading the Ṛg-Veda, that of close textual analysis and that of historical, comparative linguistics. I will offer first a brief survey of the background from which the hymns derive, in terms of reconstructed linguistic anc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2012
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| In: |
Religions of South Asia
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-277 |
| Further subjects: | B
Vedic
B Indo-European B Indo-Iranian B diachronic linguistics |
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| Summary: | The following article attempts to bring together two complementary methods of reading the Ṛg-Veda, that of close textual analysis and that of historical, comparative linguistics. I will offer first a brief survey of the background from which the hymns derive, in terms of reconstructed linguistic ancestors, and then look into the early collection of the hymns. Thereafter a commentary is offered, making special reference to points of interest in historical and comparative linguistics. It will be argued that the study of Indo-European linguistics can illuminate otherwise obscure forms in the oldest texts of the daughter languages, as well as show contexts from which the traditions derive. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v6i2.257 |