Excerpt from Rig-Veda Sanhita: A Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns MY work as editor has been very simple. I have left Professor Wilson's translation unaltered except where there was an obvious slip, or where Sayana's Commentary had not been followed. It is now nearly thirty years since Professor Wilson finished his trans lation. The progress of Sanskrit scholarship may therefore perhaps be thought to have lessened the value of his work. I have endeavoured to meet this criticism by embodying in my notes (which are distinguished from those of Professor Wilson by being enclosed in square brackets) some of the results of modern German scholarship. My chief indebted ness herein is to Ludwig and Grassmann. In connexion with this subject it may, without in gratitude, be noted that there is a danger lest modern scholars should sometimes be credited with the results of native scholarship. It is not fair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.