Purusha Suktam

bhakti-list, "D Bala sundaram" <dbsundaram@h...> wrote:

> Ms Nandita Krishna, Director of C P Ramaswami Iyer Foundation,

Chennai (nankrishna@v...) in her article titled 'Images of Religion'

which appeared in Sunday Express, 27 Oct 2000 says that Purusha Sukta

is a let interpolation in Rig Veda.

>

> I would like to have the views of the members of the group on this

subject.

Before such an argument can be discussed, it would be helpful

to know what evidence Ms Krishna puts forth in favor of this theory.

I have read arguments by Harvard's Witzel and others that the

10th Mandala of the Rg Veda, which contains the Purusha Sukta among

other hymns, is a late addition because of linguistic and

organizational dissimilarity with the rest of the text.

I am no Vedic scholar, nor am I trained in 'chandas', but I'm

not quite convinced by what I've read so far. I will admit that

I have not researched this matter in detail because I don't find

it very interesting.

I should point out as Moderator that while some discussion of

this issue is welcome here, an extended debate of this topic

is beyond the scope of this list.

Thanks,

ramanuja dasa,

Mani

Those interested in Prof. Witzel's work on the date

and language of the Rg Veda can find an

outline of his ideas at

http://www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs/ejvs0702/ejvs0702b.txt

Mani

A counterperspective to this URL is given at

http://www.bharatvani.org/general_inbox/talageri/

Sincerely,

Vishal Agarwal

bhakti-list, "Mani Varadarajan" <mani@a...> wrote:

>

> Those interested in Prof. Witzel's work on the date

> and language of the Rg Veda can find an

> outline of his ideas at

> http://www1.shore.net/~india/ejvs/ejvs0702/ejvs0702b.txt

>

> Mani

[ It is to be noted that both Talageri and Witzel view the

Rg Veda as a work compiled over different times. They differ,

however, in their explanations and dates for the same.

Both contrast strongly with the traditional Vaidika arguments

for the eternality of the Veda. -- Moderator ]

Ms Nandita Krishna, Director of C P Ramaswami Iyer Foundation, Chennai

(nankrishna) in her article titled 'Images of Religion' which appeared

in Sunday Express, 27 Oct 2000 says that Purusha Sukta is a let interpolation in

Rig Veda.

I would like to have the views of the members of the group on this subject.

Adiyen Dasan

D Bala sundaram