The Branches of the Rig Veda: Different Traditions in Vedic Period Vol-3

Andreas Leitz: Born 1969 in Muenster, Germany. Study of Music and Science of Music The Hague, Philosophy and Indology in Tuebingen + Heidelberg. Chennai, Puduchery, Kolkata.

My former teachers: Prof Heinrich v. Stiethencron (Tuebingen), Prof. Vijayavenugopal (Chennai), Prof. S. Sarkar (Tuebingen).

This is the 3rd volume from our work on the Vedic Traditions and we do not give a large introduction. The work goes on, where volume 2 has ended. We discuss in this volume the great public rituals as found in the ancient Vedic texts. The first ritual, which we discuss here, is the Vajapeya Ceremony, which is a form of the Soma Worship, but we group it for practical reason under the great public rituals.