The Upanishads are the oldest and clearest expression of the perennial philosophy that is the inner core of all the great religions.

Reissue.

Recorded in sacred Sanskrit texts, including the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, Hindu Myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century BCE. This book contains seventy-five seminal myths that features the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction.

Contains Brahmana pieces that show the relation of this kind of literature to the hymns or mantras.

The Reader contains thirty hymns selected from the Rig-Veda primarily for students who, while acquainted with classical Sanskrit, are beginners of vediv lacking the aid of a teacher with adequate knowledge of the earliest period of the language and literature of India. In conjunction with the author's Vedic Grammar, the Reader aims at supplying all that is required for the complete understanding .