Rgveda-Darsana- Vishnu Suktani (Volume Five-Part One)

Preface The Kalpatharu Research Academy, Bangalore, feels happy and proud that the prestigious series of volumes on Reveda-Darsana is promptly seeing the light of the day in quick succession. This year we have brought out another volume in the series, the Fifth one, entitled "Vishnu-Suktani' (Part One). It presents the hymns ascribed to Vishnu in the Rgvedic Corpus. This volume includes also in the form of an appendix, a rare and important text. Rigvidhana, which is of invaluable help in understanding the Vedic hymns. We do hope that the scholarly world will recognize the contributions that the Kalpatharu Research Academy is making towards enriching our indological literature.

As in the case of our previous publications. Vidyalankara, Sastra Chudamani. Prof. S.K. Ramachandra Rao has spared no pains in making this volume extremely useful to the students of the Vedas. A Volume like this has rarely appeared: it is a monument of erudition and insight. He has thrown fresh light on the Vishnu imagery in Rgveda The Academy is grateful to him for this service to the cause of Vedic learning through the Academy.

The Academy also places on record the munificent blessings of the Jagadguru of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham. His holiness Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji, and the gracious interest in the project by the Chairman of the Academy, Shri V.R. Gowrishankar who is the administrator of Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham. The Academy is also grateful to the officers of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, as well as of the Ministry of Education Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore for interest in and support of its Research Programs.

M/s. Omkar Offset Printers have as usual done an excellent job in the production of this volume. The Academy is grateful to them.

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