The Two Oldest Veda Manuscripts Facsimile Edition of Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā 1-20 (Saṃhitā- and Padapāṭha) from Nepal and Western Tibet (C. 1150 CE) |
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| Editor:
| Witzel, Michael |
| Assisted by:
| Wu, Qinyuan |
| Series title: | Harvard Oriental Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-98826-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume offers insights into the history of the Veda, the earliest texts of South Asia, and their oral transmission. In side-by-side facsimiles, Witzel and Wu present the two oldest known Veda manuscripts, recently found in western Tibet: the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā of the White Yajurveda and its contemporaneous sister text, a Vājasaneyi Padapāṭha.
This volume offers insights into the history of the Veda, the earliest texts of South Asia, and their oral transmission. In side-by-side facsimiles, Witzel and Wu present the two oldest known Veda manuscripts, recently found in western Tibet: the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā of the White Yajurveda and its contemporaneous sister text, a Vājasaneyi Padapāṭha.