The Sacred Books of the East (THE SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, PART II: BOOKS III AND IV) Volume 26th

About the book-The contents of the third and fourth books of the satapatha- brahmana from and important chapter of its dogmatic explanation of the sacrificial ceremonial. This portion of the work treats of the ordinary forms of the most sacred of vedic sacrificial rites the soma-sacrifice. The exposition of the soma ritual also includes an account of the animal offering which though it may be performed as an independent sacrifice more usually constitutes an integral part of the saumya-adhvara. This book forms an important contribution to the interpretation of the vedic hymns and though the combinations and theories put forth by the author may not always commend themselves to scholars generally. About the Author:-Friedrich Max Müller (1823 –1900) was a German-born philologist and Orientalist, who lived and studied in Britain for most of his life. He was one of the founders of the western academic disciplines of Indian studies and religious studies ('science of religion', German: Religionswissenschaft). Müller wrote both scholarly and popular works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East, a 50-volume set of English translations, was prepared under his direction. Heinrich Julius Eggeling (1842–1918) was Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh from 1875 to 1914, second holder of its Regius Chair of Sanskrit, and Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, London. Eggeling was translator and editor of the Satapatha Brahmana in 5 volumes of the monumental Sacred Books of the East series edited by Max Müller, author of the main article on Sanskrit in the Encyclopedia Britannica, and curator of the University Library from 1900 to 1913. In August 1914 he left for a vacation in his native Germany, but because of World War I, he was unable to return before his death in 1918. He lived on Brunstane Road in Joppa, Edinburgh. The Title 'The Sacred Books of the East (THE SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, PART II: BOOKS III AND IV) written/authored/edited by F. MAX MULLER, JULIUS EGGELING', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121228237 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 514 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:- 26th