The Rig Veda Blog
Journeys into Vedic Thought
Long-form, researched essays on the deities, language, ritual and history of the Rig Veda. All free to read.
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Why Read the Rig Veda Today? Six Reasons from Literature, Philosophy and Science
If you are not Hindu and not a Sanskritist, why bother with a 3,000-year-old anthology of ritual hymns? Six concrete reasons — literary, historical, linguistic, philosophical, scientific and cultural — each defensible without reference to religion.