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| The edition of the Rigveda by Prof. R. L. Kashyap and Prof. S. Sadagopan published in 1998 by the Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture is a masterpiece of meticulousness and a gem of Indian Devanagari typography. RIG VEDA MANTRA SAMHITA - Complete text in Devanagari Introductory essay in English, Commentary on selected verses. Editors: Prof. R.L. Kashyap & Prof. S. Sadagopan 1st edition 1998, 2nd edition 2005, hardcover, Rs 540 Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic Culture, Bangalore |
Typesetting Specimen of Devanagari. Note: The re-edition 2005 of 'Rig Veda Mantra Samhita', ISBN 81-7994-015-2, was re-set using another typeface. The electronic Rig-Veda PDF files downloadable below are those of the first edition 1998 using the typeface depicted above. Of the Vedas as they were composed over 6000 years ago, continue intact as a living tradition in our daily lives in India today. One verse, for instance, that is central to the prayers we offer today is the Gayathri Mantra that occurs in the Rig Veda (V-62-10), and is attributed to the Rishi Viswamitra.
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| 1. Typesetting Specimen of Devanagari |
| 2. Small Hymn Files (Chapter Files) in Devanagari |
| 3. Large Mandala Files (Book Files) in Devanagari |
| 4. Searchable Rigveda File in Transliteration |
| 5. English Translation of the Rigveda |
| 6. Rigveda in Sanskrit und Deutsch |
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1. Typesetting Specimen of Devanagari
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Note: The re-edition 2005 of 'Rig Veda Mantra Samhita', ISBN 81-7994-015-2, was re-set using another typeface.
The electronic Rig-Veda PDF files downloadable below are those of the first edition 1998 using the typeface depicted above.
2. Small Hymn Files (Chapter Files) in Devanagari
The small files are convenient, if you need only a few hymns (chapters) of the Rigveda
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The 73 PDF files are named for easy identification of hymns, e.g. rv02-024.pdf = book 2, hymn 24 seq.
Each of the 73 Devanagari Rigveda PDF files - recreated on 23-Dec-2004 - has a size of 100-150 KB.
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| rv01-001.pdf | rv02-024.pdf | rv05-047.pdf | rv08-001.pdf | rv09-101.pdf |
| rv01-020.pdf | rv02-037.pdf | rv05-063.pdf | rv08-005.pdf | rv10-001.pdf |
| rv01-033.pdf | rv03-001.pdf | rv06-001.pdf | rv08-012.pdf | rv10-006.pdf |
| rv01-047.pdf | rv03-007.pdf | rv06-002.pdf | rv08-021.pdf | rv10-019.pdf |
| rv01-062.pdf | rv03-030.pdf | rv06-017.pdf | rv08-032.pdf | rv10-033.pdf |
| rv01-081.pdf | rv03-040.pdf | rv06-029.pdf | rv08-046.pdf | rv10-046.pdf |
| rv01-095.pdf | rv03-056.pdf | rv06-048.pdf | rv08-068.pdf | rv10-062.pdf |
| rv01-113.pdf | rv04-001.pdf | rv06-062.pdf | rv08-082.pdf | rv10-072.pdf |
| rv01-122.pdf | rv04-005.pdf | rv07-001.pdf | rv08-098.pdf | rv10-086.pdf |
| rv01-137.pdf | rv04-019.pdf | rv07-002.pdf | rv09-001.pdf | rv10-095.pdf |
| rv01-158.pdf | rv04-033.pdf | rv07-020.pdf | rv09-013.pdf | rv10-106.pdf |
| rv01-166.pdf | rv04-051.pdf | rv07-036.pdf | rv09-044.pdf | rv10-120.pdf |
| rv01-184.pdf | rv05-001.pdf | rv07-060.pdf | rv09-065.pdf | rv10-143.pdf |
| rv02-001.pdf | rv05-009.pdf | rv07-081.pdf | rv09-076.pdf | |
| rv02-009.pdf | rv05-033.pdf | rv07-101.pdf | rv09-091.pdf |
3. Large Mandala Files (Book Files) in Devanagari
The entire Rigveda is downloadable as the huge file RV.pdf (5.9 MB, 654 pages)
comprising all 10 books (mandalas) including a total of 1028 chapters (hymns).
Readers with slow modem access may download the book files (mandala files)
that comprise from 0.3 MB to 1.1 MB per file (in brackets number of hymns):
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| rv01.pdf (191) | rv02.pdf (43) | rv03.pdf (62) | rv04.pdf (58) | rv05.pdf (87) |
| rv06.pdf (75) | rv07.pdf (104) | rv08.pdf (103) | rv09.pdf (114) | rv10.pdf (191) |
4. Searchable Rigveda File in Transliteration
To quickly locate a verse download the searchable transliterated Rgveda-Finder RV-Finder.pdf (1.45 MB).
If you want to extract text passages from this PDF file, please also download the font URW Palladio S.
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5. English Translation of the Rigveda
If you do not have an English translation of the Rigveda, you may use the large file Griffith.pdf (2.7 MB),
which contains the out-of-copyright English translation by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906)
as searchable and extractable PDF file including all 10 books of the Rigveda and comprising 506 pages.
This new special PDF file Griffith-p.pdf (1.9 MB) was proofread by Ricardo Fakiera in January 2013.
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6. Rigveda in Sanskrit und Deutsch
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Für Deutsche bringen wir die kombinierte Sanskrit-Deutsch-PDF-Datei Rigveda.pdf (4,5 MB, 1328 Seiten),
die je Seite je eine Rigveda-Hymne in Transliteration und in deutscher Übersetzung enthält (siehe Muster),
damit die für den Unterricht usw. benötigten Hymnen auf getrennten Blättern ausgedruckt werden können.
Rig Veda Upakarma In Kannada Pdf
Die deutsche Rigveda-Übersetzung stammt von Karl Friedrich Geldner (1852-1929), die von Thomas Barth
als elektronische Textdatei erfaßt und aufbereitet und in leicht veränderter Fassung ins Netz gestellt wurde.
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