Reassessing Rigvedic Strata

It is commonly assumed that linguistically the Rigveda is a heterogeneous collection of texts. Since the early days of Vedic scholarship, researchers have tried to correlate grammatical properties with individual parts of the Rigveda, aiming at identifying layers and strata. In this article we revie...

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Authors: Hellwig, Oliver (Author) ; Scarlata, Salvatore (Author) ; Widmer, Paul 1967- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: American Oriental Society 2021
In: Journal of the American Oriental Society
Year: 2021, Volume: 141, Issue: 4, Pages: 847-865
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