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Mani Varadarajan • October 30, 2002 


--- In bhakti-list@y..., "D Bala sundaram"  wrote:
> Ms Nandita Krishna, Director of C P Ramaswami Iyer Foundation, 
Chennai (nankrishna@v...) in her article titled 'Images of Religion' 
which appeared in Sunday Express, 27 Oct 2000 says that Purusha Sukta 
is a let interpolation in Rig Veda.
> 
> I would like to have the views of the members of the group on this 
subject.

Before such an argument can be discussed, it would be helpful
to know what evidence Ms Krishna puts forth in favor of this theory.
I have read arguments by Harvard's Witzel and others that the
10th Mandala of the Rg Veda, which contains the Purusha Sukta among
other hymns, is a late addition because of linguistic and 
organizational dissimilarity with the rest of the text.

I am no Vedic scholar, nor am I trained in 'chandas', but I'm
not quite convinced by what I've read so far. I will admit that
I have not researched this matter in detail because I don't find
it very interesting.

I should point out as Moderator that while some discussion of
this issue is welcome here, an extended debate of this topic
is beyond the scope of this list.

Thanks,
ramanuja dasa,
Mani


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