Can the Vedas be translated?

The Veda simply cannot be translated. If you do, what you usually get is garbage. When you do a literal translation, what you get is a metaphrase , when you should really be looking for a paraphrase. That essential thought is invariably lost in translation.

Are Vedas distorted?

Vedas has been distorted and have created prejudices for their benefits while translating it. Danielou maintains that the original Vedas were an oral Dravidian tradition, which was reshaped by the Aryans and later put down in Sanskrit.

Are there different versions of Vedas?

There are four Vedas: the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda.

Who translated the Hindu shastras to English?

The translation, completed by N. B. Halhed, was published in 1776 as A Code of Gentoo Laws; or Ordinations of the Pundits. The code was used in the East India Company’s courts until the early 19th century.

Who first translated rigveda to English?

This 1869 edition of the Rig Veda Samhita by Friedrich Max Müller is one of the earliest English translation of the Rig Veda hymns.

Are Vedas really scientific?

The Vedas consist of four parts, none of which have any scientific knowledge. Later, however, it was also accepted as Veda. The Rigveda consists of about 1,028 richas or hymns in praise of various Vedic gods—Indra, Agni, Soma and Surya among others. There is no science in these.

Is there a translation of the Vedas in English?

The Veda simply cannot be translated. If you do, what you usually get is garbage. When you do a literal translation, what you get is a metaphrase , when you should really be looking for a paraphrase. That essential thought is invariably lost in translation.

Is there a translation of the RG Veda?

The Veda simply cannot be translated. If you do, what you usually get is garbage. When you do a literal translation, what you get is a metaphrase , when you should really be looking for a paraphrase. That essential thought is invariably lost in translation. Consider this verse from the Rg Veda.

Is there a complete translation of the Yajur Veda?

A complete translation of the White Yajur Veda. The Atharva Veda also contains material from the Rig Veda, but of interest are the numerous incantations and metaphysical texts, which this anthology (part of the Sacred Books of the East series) collects and categorizes.

Is the Sanskrit version of the Vedas lost?

As to your assertion that the Sanskrit version of the Vedas has been lost, that is simply not true. Here are the original Sanskrit versions of the Rig Veda Samhita, the Krishna version of the Yajur Veda Samhita, the Shukla Version of the Yajur Veda Samhita, the Sama Veda Samhita, and the Atharvana Veda Samhita.