The scholarly articles throw light on various aspects of the texts called Aranyakas that deal with philosophy, mystic explanations and symbolic representation of rituals and occupy an important place in Vedic literature and philosophy. The articles throw light on the antiquity, composition and authorship of the Aranyakas, their stylistic aspects, the harmful rituals they refer to and their contribution to Indian philosophy. Referring to specific Aranyakas, they ...
Shikshas and Pratishakhyas are two categories that constitute the sources of Indian phonetics: the former (phonetics) dealing with pronunciation in general and the latter dealing with pronunciation of the four Vedas and their branches. The volume contains well-researched articles that delve into aspects of shikshas and pratishakyas with respect to different works and concepts. They study anusvara in the shiksha texts, phonetic observation in the Kaushiki Shiksha, ...
