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Title: Upanisads (Oxford World's Classics) by Patrick Olivelle ISBN: 0192835769 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8
Rating: 1
Summary: stilted and biased
Comment: This translation pays no attnetion to traditional Upanshadic scholarship in India, is totally Germanic (i.e., indological, colonialist), misrendering terms with a Christian or at least theistic bias, e.g., the Isha Upanishad, where Shankara's long commentary on the first verse is totally ignored.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for first-timer
Comment: Patrick Olivelle's translation is an excellent insight into Upanisads for a first timer. He has designed this translation in a very easy to follow fashion keeping in mind that most of us are not learned pundits.
The clear introduction gives a comprehensive background of the Vedas. The history of Indian social structure when the Upanisads were written, their authorship, chronology, geography, etc. give the reader a comfortable feel as they go forth with their reading. The reader is also provided with a table dividing the Upanisads into the four Vedas.
I find the paragraph (and the divisions of chapters the author has used) format used in this edition much easier than the verse format. Each chapter is accompanied by extensive notes in the back to the book.
The Upanisads are difficult and sometimes tedious read but this translation makes it much easier for people who have no prior knowledge.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Version
Comment: Olivelle takes special precautions to create accurate translations that are still easy to read. It's that simple. Also he is a very nice man, I attend the University Of Texas and he is the head of my department.
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Title: The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War by Barbara Stoler Miller, Barbara Stoller Miller ISBN: 0553213652 Publisher: Bantam Wisdom Edition Pub. Date: 1986 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Rig Veda: An Anthology: One Hundred and Eight Hymns, Selected, Translated and Annotated (Classic) by Wendy Doniger, Thomas Wyatt, Wendy O'Flaherty, Wendy D. O'Flaherty ISBN: 0140444025 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 1982 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction by Richard H. Robinson, Willard L. Johnson ISBN: 0534207189 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 23 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $42.95 |
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Title: The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations by John S. Strong ISBN: 0534541755 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Pub. Date: 26 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: The Laws of Manu (Penguin Classics) by Manu, Wendy Doniger, Emile Zola ISBN: 0140445404 Publisher: Penguin India Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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