THE

RELIGION OF THE VEDA. The Vedas are the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the foundational sacred scriptures of Hinduism, dating back to the second millennium BCE.

BY

HERMANN OLDENBERG. Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) was a preeminent German scholar of Indology whose work remains foundational for the study of ancient Indian religion and philology.

An ornate publisher's device or printer's mark featuring a multi-masted sailing ship on waves. The ship is contained within a decorative cartouche surrounded by elaborate baroque scrollwork and topped with a heraldic helmet. Latin mottoes original: "Latin phrases" are inscribed within the scrolls of the frame.

BERLIN.

PUBLISHED BY WILHELM HERTZ.

(BESSER BOOKSTORE.)

The Religion of the Veda

THE

RELIGION OF THE VEDA. The Vedas are the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the foundational sacred scriptures of Hinduism, dating back to the second millennium BCE.

BY

HERMANN OLDENBERG. Hermann Oldenberg (1854–1920) was a preeminent German scholar of Indology whose work remains foundational for the study of ancient Indian religion and philology.

BERLIN.

PUBLISHED BY WILHELM HERTZ.

1894.