Gonda J. Selected Studies. Volume VI, Part 2

Presented to the author by the Department of Indology, Utrecht University. — Leiden, New York, København, Köln: E.J. Brill, 1991. — X, 581 p. — ISBN: 90-04-09445-8.Contents: General President’s Address. Translating the Veda (with regard to AiĀr. 2. 6. 1). Notes on Prajāpati. Śrī in Balinese hymns. The mantras of Taittirīya-Brāhmaṇa 1, 5, 5. Some notes on optional rites. The popular Prajāpati. “In the beginning”. Ṛgveda 7, 59. All, universe and totality in the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa. Prajāpati and prāyaścitta. Vedic gods and the sacrifice. The Concluding Bath of the Varuṇapraghāsa. Die Bedeutung des Zentrums im Veda. The creator and his spirit (Manas and Prajāpati). The redundant and the deficient in Vedic ritual. Notes on the ritual use of ṚV. 10. 121. 10. The gods of the godāna ceremony (AVŚ. 6, 68). Varcas. Ṛgveda-Saṃhitā 8, 18. Some notes on Prajāpatir aniruktaḥ. Ṛgveda l. 36. 13 and 14. Parameṣṭhin. Mind and moon. Nidhipati (AVS. 7. 17. 4 etc.). The pronoun ka and the proper name Ka. A propos of Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa 2. 4. 1. Prajāpati’s numbers. Notes on āyuḥ. Notes on púrīṣa. Some remarkable combinations of deities in the Atharvaveda. The Mantras of the Prāyaṇiya Section (Introductory Sacrifice) as Prescribed in the Ṛgvedic Brāhmaṇas. The Highest Principle in the Early Veda - Some Critical Notes. The Meaning of Vedic Iṣ. Veda.
Vāja in the Ṛgveda.