xxxvi, 240 pages : facsimiles (on lining papers) ; 22 cm
Contents
Section I. Mythology and the Vedic Myth: Meaning and function of myth; The Vedic myth -- Section II. Vedic Meditation: The problem; The Brahman; The power and use of thought; The chariot or boat, the horse, and the brahman; Mantric meditation; Visual meditation; Absorption; The sun and illumination in Vedic meditation; Illumination (solar enlightenment) and Brahman; Vedic prayer and Western scholarship -- Section III. Vedic Eschatology: Death; Paradise and its opposite; Immortality -- Section IV. Selected Hymns Which Illustrate Subjects Discussed
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xvii) and index
