• Rig Veda Translation

This is a complete English translation of the Rig Veda by Griffith Introduction. Jul 1, 2018 - The text of this work needs to be migrated to Index:The Hymns of the Rigveda Vol 1.djvu and Index:The Hymns of the Rigveda Vol 2.djvu. This is a complete English translation of the Rig Veda by Griffith Introduction.

Rig Veda Translation

One more thing: each Veda comes in multiple Shakhas or recensions. The Rig Veda used to have 21 Shakhas, but now only two Shakhas survive: the Bashala Shakha and the Sakala Shakha. What is presented here is the Sakala Shakha's version of the Rig Veda. I created it by putting together Ralph T.H. Griffith's translation of (the Sakala Shakha's version of) the Rig Veda Samhita with Arthur Berriedale Keith's translations of the Aitareya Brahmana and Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda. (The Aitareya Upanishad is contained in the Aitareya Aranyaka.) I would have made it in the Bashkala Shakha as well, by combining the Bashkala Shakha's version of the Rig Veda Samhita with the Kaushitaki Brahmana and Shankhayana Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, but as far as I know there's never been an English translation of the Bashakala Shakha's version of the Rig Veda Samhita.