Varanasi has for centuries attracted outstanding Vedic reciters and chanters from almost every corner of India; yet a thorough and systematic description of the principal types of recitation found in the city has not, until now, appeared in print. With an introduction on Varanasi's Vedic history, this book contains extensive sections on Sakala Rgveda as transmitted by Pandits with ties to Maharastra, the abstruse and indigenous Madhyandina Yajurveda as performed ...
