The Holy Vedas ; Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda

Haven't read it yet but it was in a great condition

Received today, delivery extremely fast Beautifully bound book, Excellent, deserve 10 stars

The Indian subcontinent has influenced the west to everything from food to music. As a culturally aware Shaman one needs to understand religions of the Earth even if they do not practice them because of their impact on society. The Rig Veda was written allegedly on the drug Soma which some speculate is a combination of Amanita Muscaria , Psilocybin mushrooms , Opium and Marijuana. These mystic substances have been used in a religious context for thousands of years. To anyone interested in the Mystic arts I recommend this book highly.

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.

Great translation

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.

Smaller than expected, beautiful cover bound and nice pages. I look forward to readi.g it all. :)

Unlike most holy texts that I have come across, the pages are not very thin and the font is sized for pleasant and easy reading.

Sin duda el contenido de este libro es maravilloso, pero la traducción es por mucho la peor que he visto en libros. Algunas palabras ni siquiera existen. Muchos enunciados y oraciones están mal formadas. Aún así es un magnífico libro.

I can't comment on the translation yet but the quality of the book is pretty poor. The color and material look and feel nice but there are some stains on it even though it came sealed. Everything is off-center, on the cover and the golden writing comes off just from touching the book. I think in a few weeks there will be no writing on the front. So it's okay for the price, but I was hoping for a little bit higher quality.

no good choose other translation

Well produced book

Very powerful book Hindu 🕉 and none Hindu people please read this book more Thanks