The Rigveda Mandala: v. III: A Critical Study of the Sayana Bhashya and Other Interpretation

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There are many conflicting views among the commentators and translators about the meaning of the hymns of the Rgveda. The readers and researchers very often get confused to know what is the actual purport of the mantras. It is therfore,a desideratum thate all the interpretations put forward by the commentaqtors and modern exponents be comparatively studied and if possibel reconciled. Sayana himself interprets some words differently in different contexts. As the first step of the comparative study. It is proposed to examine critically his Rgveda bhasya in comparison with okther interpretations in order to arrive at certain conclusions. India is a vast country okf multilinear traditions where dissents form one ideology to another have been a process of change and continuity. Everry tradition has been sustained in its own way. Many schools of interpretation were in vogue during Yaska's tine and they have maintained their continuity with certain changes in later periods too. Therefor whatever has been possible within the limited time and means, every thing and been taken in to account in this humble attempt. Internal and external evidences,Grammar, Niruktaq,Philology,Lexicons. Etc. have come to much help here. It is believed that this humble but sincere effort,by a very eminent Vedic scholar,will open some new avenues in the field of the Rgvedic studies and hopefully will add something new in the method of historical interpretations.