Myths and Legends in The Brahmana Literature

About The BookThe book by Dr. A. S. Pahari deals with the mythical stories and legendary tales of the Brahmana literature with their origin rooted deeply in the Samhitas, especially the Rgveda Samhita and in some cases even in remoter periods than the Samhitas and their gradual development in the post-brahmana literature, Thus the work seems to incorporate within itself some inaccessible and insoluble problems of how these assumed definite shapes of anecdotes from their embryonic level. The author with his lucid style shows this and reminds us once again that the very fiber of Indian culture is knit by these eternal threads of myths and legends through the ages. “By locating the great impact of these myths and legends, “says prof. Ramanujan Mukherjee” on Indian society Pahari, thus has brought these closer to life or rather has made them part and parcel of Indian thought current”.

About the AuthorDr. A. S. Pahari, a lecturer by profession, has to his name a number of articles and poems in Sanskrit, Bengali and English published in different magazines. Although his special field of research is Vedic literature, he is quite at home in kavya, Vyakarana, and darsana. He has a fine flair for composing verses in Sanskrit. With this poetic bent of mind, Dr. Pahari deals with vyakarana and darsana which nevertheless adds new dimension to his mode of discussion.