Hermann Oldenberg was a Sanskritist, and this is his academic translation of the Grihya-Sutras, the ancient domestic ritual manuals of Vedic Hinduism, published in the Sacred Books of the East series through Clarendon Press. As a scholarly translation of genuine ancient primary ritual texts, it gives direct access to Vedic domestic ceremony instructions rather than a later secondhand description of them. Its limit is its age, dating from 1892, and Vedic scholarship has continued to refine the translation and interpretation of specific ritual terms since Oldenberg's time, so a highly technical point of ritual meaning is best cross checked against more recent Vedic scholarship where precision matters, even though the underlying primary text itself has not changed.
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Hermann Oldenberg's 1892 translation of the Grihya-Sutras, the Vedic domestic ritual manuals, in the Sacred Books of the East series. A nineteenth century translation, still the standard English rendering but dated in its language next to more recent specialist scholarship. NotesHermann Oldenberg's classic 1892 translation of the Grihya-Sutras, the Vedic ritual manuals governing Hindu domestic ceremonies such as birth, initiation, marriage and death rites, part of the Sacred Books of the East series. Use for the content of these domestic ritual texts as this translation renders them; a nineteenth-century translation, still the standard English rendering but dated in its language, so a fine point of ritual detail may benefit from a more recent specialist study alongside it.
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AuthorHermann Oldenberg (trans.)
PublisherClarendon Press
Publication Year1892
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (64 claims)
This source backs 64 claims across the atlas. As facts: 33 well-attested. As cited relationships: 17 holds. Plus 14 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Rituals, 47 claims: 21 well-attested, 15 holds, 11 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religious Organization & Structure, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Religious Dress & Vestments, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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33Religious Organization & Structure
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17Religious Organization & Structure
General References
14Religious Dress & Vestments
Religious Organization & Structure
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