Under the general title ‘The World of the Vedic Life & Culture’ introduces the reader to the wonderful socio-religious conspectus of a civilization that flourished in India over 4000 years ago. It is no wooden translation of Sanskrit verses, but is a sparkling compilation of the Vedic hymns transcreated into modern English, and that, too in English verse-patern-free verse and rhymed-a feat so far hardly attempted on such a wide scale. The metres of ...
