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Literature on Vedas
The Holy Vedas : Bibek Debroy; Hardcover;Special Order

Secret of the Veda, New U.S. Edition : Sri Aurobindo; Paperback

The Wisdom of the Vedas (Theosophical Heritage Classics): Jagadish Chandra Chatterji; Paperback

The Secret Teachings of the Vedas: The Eastern Answers to the Mysteries of Life : Stephen Knapp; Paperback

The Rig Veda: An Anthology: One Hundred and Eight Hymns, Selected, Translated and Annotated (Classic) : Wendy Doniger; Paperback

Meditations Through the Rig Veda: Four-Dimensional Man : Antonio T. de Nicolas; Paperback;

Proof of Vedic Culture's Global Existence: Stephen Knapp; Paperback;

Samuel Adams: Patriot (Revolutionary War Leaders) : Veda Boyd Jones; Paperback;

The Light of Ten Thousand Suns : Swami Veda Bharati; Paperback;

Commentaries on the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita: The Three Branches of India's Life-Tree : Sri Chinmoy; Paperback;

The Book of the Vedas: Timeless Wisdom from Indian Tradition : Virender Kumar Arya; Hardcover;

The Vernacular Veda: Revelation, Recitation, and Ritual Vasudha Narayanan; Hardcover;

Hymns from the Rig-Veda Jean Le Mee; Hardcover;Out of Print--Limited Availability;

Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture Barbara A. Holdrege; Paperback;

The Book of the Vedas: Timeless Wisdom from Indian Tradition Eric Chaline; Hardcover;

Wisdom of the Ancient Seers: Mantras of the Rig Veda David, Dr. Frawley; Paperback

Wisdom of the Vedas by J. C. Chatterji

Topics covered
Brahmānanda Sarasvatī, Lb Shriver and Cynthia Ann Humes (2013). The sweet teachings of the blessed Śaṅkrācārya Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. Fairfield, Ia: Lbs Imprints., ISBN 1304662004


 * The Vedic tradition is regarded as unique not only for the antiquity of its roots also for the fact that it is a living tradition with continuous, unbroken, links to the past. It has been transmitted across the centuries through the teachings of an illustrious lineage of masters, none of whom is more generally revered than Adi Shankara […] who by the age of 16 had completed commentaries on the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita. pg xxi
 * According to Shriver and Humes, The Vedic tradition has been transmitted through centuries because of commentaries written on the Vedas and the teachings by a lineage of masters like Adi Shankara.

‌ The Samhitas have been handed down from teacher (guru) to student (shisya) for over three thousand years in an unbroken chain of oral transmission known as sampradaaya. Holdrege, B., 1996. Veda And Torah. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, p.344.

The tradition of Sampradaya has played an important part in the oral transmission of Vedas, for several thousand years the Samhitas have been transferred from teacher (guru) to the student (shishya) through this tradition. According to historians, the Vedic tradition has been transmitted through centuries because of commentaries written on the Vedas and the teachings by a lineage of masters like Adi Shankara. The Sampradaya tradition requires that the student must have passion (vyasana), curiosity (asakti),