Vedic Texts In English Pdf

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The holy Vedas, man’s oldest scripture, dating back 6,000 to 8,000 years, are a collection of four books: the Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva. Each has four sections: hymns, rites, interpretation and philosophical instruction. The purpose and limitations and method of the translation xix. Editor's preface xxiii-xlii. Whitney's labors on the Atharva-Veda xxiii. The edition of the text or the.

Rig Veda or ‘Rigveda’ means praise/verse of knowledge. It is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. The others are: Yajur Veda or Yahurveda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. The Rig Veda is the oldest of them and it consists of 1,028 Vedic Sanskrit hymns and 10,600 verses in all, organized into ten books. Here the books are translated into English and collected in one PDF-file. We have a lot of other Hindu scriptures here on the site, do a search. Here is the first hymn from the Rig Veda:

HYMN I. Agni.
1 I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
The hotar, lavishest of wealth.
2 Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers.
He shall bring. hitherward the Gods.
3 Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day,
Most rich in heroes, glorious.
4 Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about
Verily goeth to the Gods.
5 May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great,
The God, come hither with the Gods.
6 Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper,
That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth.
7 To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer
Bringing thee reverence, we come
8 Ruler of sacrifices, guard of Law eternal, radiant One,
Increasing in thine own abode.
9 Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son:
Agni, be with us for our weal.

The Rig Veda is counted among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas.
Written by: The Rishis, Ralph T.H. Griffith, Translator

Download the PDF of the Rig Veda – 749 pages (PDF 3.81 MB) here:

PDF: Rig Veda

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  1. Harsha
    March 10th, 2013 @ 8:16 am

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    March 20th, 2013 @ 12:05 am

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    March 23rd, 2013 @ 6:46 pm

    Respected sir,
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    February 27th, 2014 @ 8:18 am

    Respected sir,
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    February 28th, 2014 @ 6:53 am

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  26. ravendra singh
    April 12th, 2014 @ 5:24 pm

    dear sir

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  27. ravendra singh
    April 12th, 2014 @ 6:01 pm

    dear sir

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    thanking you

    with regards

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    September 24th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm

    Ohm Namo Narayanaya Namo ,

    My friends ,means all living beings . Hindu (Indus Civilization) or religion is the oldest religion in this world which was scientifically proved by the world by known scholars ,scientist and historians . Hindu religion consist of merely 33000 thousand god and godess or beyond . According to Hindu Religion we Consist Lord Shiva as Main God and Lord Skathi as Main Godess and the Trimurtis as Bhrama , Vishnu and Rudra as their wives as Saraswathi , Lekshmi and Pravathy .

    We have scriptures as Vedas consist of four as Rig , Sama , Yajur , Atharva Vedas
    And also consist of Upavedas , Vedaganas , Upanished , Smirtis , Puranas , Ithias etc

    My only request to all is just imagine who i am , where i am , who makes my body art and beyond.

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    June 2nd, 2015 @ 3:22 pm

    Every scientific research basic is made my 4 Vedic rig Sam yedur adar Ana but foreigners was copied to build up but we provide real India we theee people greatest nuclear blasts in Mahabharata lord Krishna history the explained about nuclear power

  44. Anupam Shil
    August 17th, 2015 @ 6:53 am

    Hare Krishna .Pravu ,
    Can I Get The Vedas in Bengali Language?

    Hare Krishna
    by Anupam from Bangladesh

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    December 28th, 2015 @ 6:52 am

    sir i need tamil version of rigvedha..can u tell me how to download.

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    I would like to know how understandable it is in english

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    March 4th, 2016 @ 12:21 pm

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    May 19th, 2016 @ 6:10 am
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  51. Adnan Shah
    August 15th, 2016 @ 9:18 pm

    As Salam O Alaikum!
    Hi guys,
    From where I can bought this Rig Veda Book in Urdu version? Need help guys

  52. Saurabh
    January 30th, 2017 @ 9:42 am

    First of all NIC e work sir…..And Adnan….In hindi versions available online…No need to buy:)

  53. raju gordon liu
    September 8th, 2016 @ 8:20 pm

    Thank you very much boss to give this book ,you are put up these into online in PDF version I hope

  54. Lokender
    October 14th, 2016 @ 9:54 am

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  55. Athira Sunil
    November 5th, 2016 @ 10:11 am
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    December 5th, 2016 @ 6:46 pm

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  57. Prabhakar
    December 13th, 2016 @ 10:01 pm
  58. Srikanth
    December 28th, 2016 @ 2:50 pm

    Great work sir….

  59. cfx
    January 30th, 2017 @ 8:14 pm

    Thanks a bunch for this book and @Adnan Shah Urdu version can be found here: https://archive.org/details/RigVedaInUrdu

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    February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:45 am
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  62. Ria
    March 29th, 2017 @ 2:59 pm
  63. brandon
    September 8th, 2017 @ 7:37 pm

    I’m looking for old old picture drawing or plans for vimanas I would rather do the translation to make my own conclusion is the gods making these place rise in the air or do they do it under thier own power also a picture drawing or a primitive blueprint untranslated of this vorcec engine that might use mercury or something I would like to come to a conclusion if some body can help me. Thankyou: B Forsyth

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    April 17th, 2018 @ 11:19 pm

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  65. hari
    September 29th, 2017 @ 11:11 am
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    September 29th, 2017 @ 11:12 am

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  68. nagamahesh
    October 25th, 2017 @ 12:16 am

    Oh no this fucking shits are selling indian heritage and property by translation,oh god please save your self for my sake

  69. satyanarayana.P
    November 10th, 2017 @ 1:22 pm

    Dear sir,
    please send me the original sanskrit Rigveda text link to my mail id.

    Thanks & Regards/-
    Satyanarayana.P

  70. Lichtenberg
    November 10th, 2017 @ 1:53 pm

    I would if I had it. Please let me know if you find it elsewhere.
    Admin

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Mr Ramachandran's arguments are not based on facts.Mythological and imaginary points are raised to justify his stand. Ayurveda students studying in NMI were expelled when Calcutta Medical College was founded in 1839. It was at this time spurious medical and surgical manuscripts in Sanskrit in the fictitious names of Charaka and Sushruta were produced. The Asiatic Society scholars in Calcutta accepted these fake manuscripts as genuine and published research papers in the Society journal. To legitimize this false claim, fanatical Sanskrit pundits, Ayurvedic physicians and some Orientalists chalked out a well planned strategy by which they linked the fictitious Sushrusa with world renowned Western surgeons. In 1815, Joseph Constantine Carpue wrote about a rhinoplasty performed on a wounded soldier whose nose had been all but destroyed in battle, and another patient whose nose had been damaged by arsenic. His work, the “Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose” became a standard work in medical colleges. Although the Italian surgeon Tagliacozzi’s treatise on making a nose from an arm flap, De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem(Venice, 1597), was an outstanding work, the condemnation of operation by religious authorities resulted in complete withdrawal of this practice. Students of Calcutta Medical College, founded in 1835, were taught about the works of Tagliacozzi and Carpue and the successful rhinoplasty performed by Carpue .Ayurvedic proponents wanted to show that Carpue and Tagiliacozzi learned rhinoplasty from Sushruta’s technique. It is quite transparent that the essential points in Carpue’s work were plagiarized and Sanskrit manuscripts were published in the fictitious name of Sushruta. To camouflage this act, Ayurvedic physicians claim that Carpue came to India and stayed for 20 years to learn Shusruta's technique of rhinoplasty. But the fact of the matter is that Carpue had never come to India. The British medical journal Lancet is categorical that Carpue stayed and worked in London only. They also claim that the Italian Tagliacozzi also learnt from Sushruta's method. To substantiate this false claim they had invented a story that Sushruta's work was translated into Arabic during the Abbasid Caliphate and from there it went to Europe. What a fantastic manipulation! There is no Arabic translation of Shusruta's work during the Caliphate.The famous physician in the Caliphate was Avicenna and he produced treatises and works that summarized the vast amount of knowledge that scientists had accumulated, and was very influential through his encyclopedias, The Canon of Medicine and The Book of Healing. There is absolutely no reference to Sushruta or rhinoplasty in his works. What is more, there is no statement by European surgeons that they received Sushruta's Arabic translation from the Arabs during the Renaissance. Another ridiculous attempt to legitamize ther fictitious Sushruta was the Bower’s manuscript. Like the Pitman’s hoax, Bower produced some manuscripts The Bower Manuscript, like the Pitsdown Hoax, is a hoax. Hamilton Bower wanted to get name and fame for himself. During the period of his service in India, the Asiatic Society was making all endeavors to construct the History of India. In the absence of printed texts, scholars of the Society were collecting old manuscripts. Due to the long Muslim rule and due to the political uncertainty in India there was no manuscript library, no storehouse and no temple to preserve manuscripts, if at all they were available. When the Society called for manuscripts, thousands of fake Sanskrit manuscripts were produced and they were presented before scholars. Many English men such as William Jones, Colebrooke, Wilson and many others used Brahmins to produce fake manuscripts. Strachey and Colebrooke attempted to prove knowledge of science and matheematics in ancient India. In the absence of printed texts, it was easy for these scholars to invent stories by using spurious and manipulated Sanskrit manuscripts. Jones wanted to establish the fact that ancient India had advanced system of surgery and scientific knowledge. Jones wanted to be knighted and for this purpose he produced many stories using spurious manuscripts. One Islam Akhun was notorious for producing fake manuscripts in Sanskrit and Brahmi. Hamilton Bower probably would have got these fake manuscripts from Akhun. Hoernle who deciphered these manuscripts was also fooled by these fake manuscripts. Birch bark-leaf manuscripts were alleged to have been found in 1909, and one may wonder how could these manuscripts survive for several centuries? We are told that fortune seekers found these manuscripts. How did the manuscripts find their way to Turkestan? So on the face of it everything is fraudulent and it was a cunning attempt of Bower to get name and fame for him. Doubting the authenticity of the works, Sir Aurel Stein met with Islam Akhun in Khotan in the spring of 1901. Stein questioned Akhun on the manuscripts and concluded that the manuscripts were fake. Eventually, he exposed Akhun for imitating Brahmi characters and inventing similar-looking characters