梨俱吠陀

《梨俱吠陀》（梵语：ऋग्वेद，罗马化：ṛgveda），梵文由ṛc（“歌颂”）和veda（“知识”）两个词根构成，全名《梨俱吠陀本集》，汉译为《歌咏明论^{[来源请求]}》，是吠陀经中最早出现的一卷，成文于公元前16世纪到前11世纪，是除了赫梯语的文献外，在印欧语系语言中最古老的书籍。与其他文明的古老文献不同，它是以口传方式保存下来的。

19世纪初的天城文手抄本《梨俱吠陀》

内容

《梨俱吠陀》分十卷，收诗1,028首﹐其中有11首被认为是附录，最短的诗只有3节，最长的诗有58节，是雅利安人来到印度河两岸，对神的赞歌。

雅利安人将宇宙分为三界：天界、空界和地界，每一界有11个神，三界共33个神，天界的神有帝奥斯、婆楼那、苏利耶、乌莎、罗底利；空界的神有因陀罗、阿邦那波陀、鲁陀罗；地界之神有泼利提韦、阿耆尼、苏摩，这些深厚而丰富的精神思维体系，反映出雅利安人对于先智慧开导者们的崇拜与向往。因陀罗是古印度人部落的首领，骁勇善战，在公元前2000年征服印度，古印度人的诗人为了歌颂他而创作出200余首神曲。

《梨俱吠陀》中所记载的妖魔，后人推断为古代印度的奴隶，西来的雅利安人又以“瓦尔那”来分别其阶级，最后再转义为“种姓”，《梨俱吠陀》末卷出现了婆罗门、刹帝利、吠舍、首陀罗四个种姓。

《梨俱吠陀》除颂神的诗歌外，还有世俗诗歌，有一些以婚礼、爱情、巫术甚至是赌博为内容的神曲，例如第六章俗谛神曲序《赌徒忏悔录》，描写掷骰子的迷人之处，一位教徒赌输后跪在神像前忏悔，哀号凄切，以及家中母亲和妻子的忧伤。这些作品都反映着吠陀时期人民的生活习俗。

传播

《梨俱吠陀》的成书时间相传是在公元前2000至前1500年之间，但最早的文字流传仅能追溯至公元15世纪，《梨俱吠陀》实际上是靠婆罗门祭司们代代口耳相传，尔后才有手稿。玄奘在迦湿弥罗的时候曾读过“四吠陀”，但未必是此书，也不能证明唐朝时此书流传于世。19世纪欧洲人第一次刊印《梨俱吠陀》，有德、英、法等译本。

参见

• 吠陀
• 奥义书
• 梨俱吠陀维基
• 梨俱吠陀诸神（英语：Rigvedic deities）

参考文献

Editions

• editio princeps: Friedrich Max Müller, The Hymns of the Rigveda, with Sayana's commentary, London, 1849–75, 6 vols., 2nd ed. 4 vols., Oxford, 1890–92.
• Theodor Aufrecht, 2nd ed., Bonn, 1877.
• Sontakke, N. S. Rgveda-Samhitā: Śrimat-Sāyanāchārya virachita-bhāṣya-sametā. Sāyanachārya (commentary) First. Vaidika Samśodhana Maṇḍala. 1933.. The Editorial Board for the First Edition included N. S. Sontakke (Managing Editor), V. K. Rājvade, M. M. Vāsudevaśāstri, and T. S. Varadarājaśarmā.
• B. van Nooten und G. Holland, Rig Veda, a metrically restored text, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England, 1994.
• Rgveda-Samhita, Text in Devanagari, English translation Notes and indices by H. H. Wilson, Ed. W.F. Webster, originally in 1888, Published Nag Publishers 1990, 11A/U.A. Jawaharnagar,Delhi-7.

Commentary

• Sayana (14th century)
  • ed. Müller 1849–75 (German translation);
  • ed. Müller (original commentary of Sāyana in Sanskrit based on 24 manuscripts).
  • ed. Sontakke et al., published by Vaidika Samsodhana Mandala, Pune (2nd ed. 1972) in 5 volumes.
• Rgveda-Samhitā Srimat-sāyanāchārya virachita-bhāṣya-sametā, ed. by Sontakke et al., published by Vaidika Samśodhana Mandala,Pune-9,1972, in 5 volumes (It is original commentary of Sāyana in Sanskrit based on over 60 manuscripts).
• Sri Aurobindo, Hymns to the Mystic Fire (Commentary on the Rig Veda), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-914955-22-5 [1] （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Raimundo Pannikar (1972), The Vedic Experience, University of California Press

Philology

• Vashishtha Narayan Jha, A Linguistic Analysis of the Rgveda-Padapatha Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi (1992).
• Bjorn Merker, Rig Veda Riddles In Nomad Perspective, Mongolian Studies, Journal of the Mongolian Society XI, 1988.
• Thomas Oberlies, Die Religion des Rgveda, Wien 1998.
• Oldenberg, Hermann. Hymnen des Rigveda. 1. Teil: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena. Berlin 1888. (please add), Wiesbaden 1982. 1894.
• —Die Religion des Veda. Berlin 1894; Stuttgart 1917; Stuttgart 1927; Darmstadt 1977
• —Vedic Hymns, The Sacred Books of the East vo, l. 46 ed. Friedrich Max Müller, Oxford 1897
• Adolf Kaegi, The Rigveda: The Oldest Literature of the Indians (trans. R. Arrowsmith), Boston, Ginn and Co. (1886), 2004 reprint: ISBN 978-1-4179-8205-9.
• Mallory, J. P.; et al. Indo-Iranian Languages in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture. Fitzroy Dearborn. 19891997. 引文格式1维护：显式使用等标签 (link)

Historical

• Anthony, David W., The Horse The Wheel And Language. How Bronze-Age Riders From the Eurasian Steppes Shaped The Modern World, Princeton University Press, 2007
• Avari, Burjor, India: The Ancient Past, London: Routledge, 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-35616-9
• Bryant, Edwin. The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. ISBN 0-19-513777-9.
• Flood, Gavin D., An Introduction to Hinduism, Cambridge University Press, 1996
• Lal, B.B. 2005. The Homeland of the Aryans. Evidence of Rigvedic Flora and Fauna & Archaeology, New Delhi, Aryan Books International.
• Talageri, Shrikant: The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis, 2000. ISBN 81-7742-010-0
• Witzel, Michael, Early Sanskritization: Origin and Development of the Kuru state (PDF), EJVS vol. 1 no. 4 (1995), 1995, （原始内容 (PDF)存档于20 February 2012）
• Witzel, Michael (ed.), Inside the Texts, Beyond the Texts. New Approaches to the Study of the Vedas, Harvard Oriental Series, Opera Minora vol. 2, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997

外部链接

Text

• Devanagari and transliteration （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） experimental online text at: sacred-texts.com
• ITRANS, Devanagari, transliteration （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） online text and PDF, several versions prepared by Detlef Eichler
• Transliteration, metrically restored （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） online text, at: Linguistics Research Center, Univ. of Texas
• Transliteration with tone accents （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） PDF prepared by Keith Briggs
• The Hymns of the Rigveda （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, Editio Princeps by Friedrich Max Müller (large PDF files of book scans). Two editions: London, 1877 (Samhita and Pada texts) and Oxford, 1890–92, with Sayana's commentary.
• 互联网档案馆中梨俱吠陀的作品或与之相关的作品

Audio

• Audio download (MP3) by Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage (IISH)
• Audio download (MP3) （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）. Live recording by Varanasi-based scholars; chanted in North Indian style, i.e. without tones (yeha swara)
• Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26, Gustav Holtz, 14 pieces in 4 groups, Piano with Violins, Romantic Movements, Vocal Scores （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, University of Rochester

Translations

• English translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith on Wikisource
• For links to other translations, see Translations section above.

Other

• Nomination of Rigveda Archive-It的存档，存档日期2007-09-26 (.doc format) submitted by India in 2006–2007 for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register.
• A Still Undeciphered Text: How the scientific approach to the Rigveda would open up Indo-European Studies, Karen Thomson (2009), The Journal of Indo-European Studies, Volume 37, Number 1 & 2, pages 1–47 (a review of various attempts to translate Rigveda and the issues with current translations)
• 季羡林：〈《梨俱吠陀》几首哲学赞歌新解 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）〉。