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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY CENTRAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL LIBRARY GW Gall No., © OB BY THE SAME AUTHOR. THE HYMNS OF THE SAMA^eM; rn dheYol, Royal 8vo.j cloth boards, gilt lettered, Rs. 4-0-0. THE HYMNS OP THE ATHARVA-VEDA, in two Yolumes, Royal 8vo., cloth bound, gilt lettered, Rs. 6-0-0, each Yolume. A METRICAL TRANSLATION OE Yi-LMIKI'S R Am Ay AN, complete in one Volume, Crown VO., cloth bound, gilt lettered, Rs. 6-0-0. THE HYMNS OF THE RIGYEDA TRANSLATED WITH A POPULAR COMMENTARY BY. BALPH T. H. GRIFFITH, M. A., 0. 1 E. POBMBB PRINCIPAL OF TOT BENARES COLLEGE, AND LATE DIBBCTOB PtJBLIO INSTRDCfKiN N.-W. P. AND OUDH. Idition. COMPLETE m TWO VOLUMES. BENARES: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BT B. J. LAZARUS AND 00. 1896. All rights reserved. central ARCMAEOI OGIGAi LliRARY, NEW l>/ i HI. Aeo, No… /J.Mh Date. ita!l CONTENTS. Preface to the first edition. Hymns, Translation and Commentary: Book I. » n. » HI. » IV. „ V. VL Appendix I. — Hymn I. Appendix II. — Metre… Index of Hymns Index of Names, Etc. Corrigenda et Addenda Page* V, ' 259 PEEFAOE TO THE FIRST EDITION. What can be more tedious than the Veda, and yet what can be more interesting, if once we know that it is the first word spoken by the Aryan man? " '' The Veda has a tWo-fold interest; it belongs to the history of the world and to the history of India… As long as man continues…