Description
DESCRIPTION
The four Vedas are made up of a large number of texts, composed nearly two thousand years before Christ, by the poets, seers, sages, and ritualists of Indo-European tribes who invaded the Indian Subcontinent. They are regarded as a sacred revelation and have been transmitted orally and recited faithfully by Brahmin males for a remarkable span of history. Extensive liner notes by noted scholar Frits Staal feature detailed descriptions of each of the four Vedas, including their meaning and musical structure. The album was recorded in South India.
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 ?Gveda - Opening Hymn
2 ?Gveda - Vik?Ti Recitation
3 Black Yajurveda - Description of Sacrifice
4 White Yajurveda - Opening Verses
5 White Yajurveda - Vik?Ti Recitations
6 White Yarjurveda - Prayer for Immortality
7 S?Maveda - Opening Hymn
8 S?Maveda - Call to Sacrifice
9 S?Maveda - Ratha?Tara
10 S?Maveda - Opening Hymn (Jaimin?Ya School)
11 S?Maveda - G?Na (Jaimin?Ya School)
12 S?Maveda - Setus?Man
13 S?Maveda - Bh?Ru?A-S?Man
14 Atharvaveda - Hymn for Peace
15 Atharvaveda - Enumeration of Sacrifices
- Disc 2 -
1 Twilight Prayer
2 ?Gveda - Sa?Hit?
3 ?Gveda - Pada
4 ?Gveda - Krama
5 ?Gveda - Ja?
6 ?Gveda - Ratha
7 Rgveda - Special Krama
8 Teaching ?Gveda
9 Black Yajurveda: Ko?U
10 Black Yajurveda: Gho?Am
11 S?Maveda - Opening Hymn
12 S?Maveda - Ka?Yapa's Vow
13 S?Maveda - Call to Sacrifice
14 Form of S?Maveda Used in Sacrifice
15 Form of Samaveda Used in Sacrifice
16 S?Maveda - Ratha?Tara
17 Stanzas Accompanying Oblations - Y?Jy?
18 The Libation of the Soma
19 Form of ?Gveda Used in Sacrifice
