The Hymns of the Rgveda M-Y Books The first half of the

The first half of the twentieth century saw the devastatingly barbaric effects of these idealistic dreams in the shape of Hitlerism and Stalinism

and of the Devi-Melhatmya in particular

institutions and culture of India from the earliest times to the advent of the Moslem period

we enter a period which offers a striking contrast to the one immediately preceding in almost all these features

The Hymns of the Rgveda M-Y Books The first half of theThe Rgveda, the oldest literary record of the Aryan race and the sacred book of the Hindus, has very few authentic translations in English. Most of the translations are only the imitations of interpretations that the medieval Hindus, as represented by Sayana, have offered. Griffith's is the only translation that, though guided by Sayana, ventures to deviate from him widely and frequently. It may be ranked as an independent translation hitherto made in