Mata Amritanandamayi has released the expanded version of the Chathurveda Samhitha at the Mata Amritanandamayi Math Ashram hall by handing over the first copy to Mathrubhumi managing editor P V Chandran.
“Mathrubhumi Books does not think about profit when it comes to the publication of the books which form part of the edifice of Indian culture,’’ Chandran said while receiving the 4-volume Samhita on Monday evening.
The Chathurveda Samhitha is a comprehensive annotated study of the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and the Atharvaveda in Malayalam by eminent Sanskrit scholar and Veda exponent Narendra Bhushan.
The first version of the study was published by Narendra Bhushan himself on August 31, 2000 in two volumes. The 4-volume expanded version, published now by Mathrubhumi Books with the support of the Chengannur-based Narendra Bhushan Memorial Foundation, carries an additional 1,000 pages of study which could not find a place in the first version. The Devanagari script of the Veda Manthras with ‘’swara notations’’ and the user-friendly scientific indexing of the Mathras are the highlights of the latest version. “In the scientific indexing, the Manthras in the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Athrava Vedas were first given numbers. The Rigveda has 10,552 Manthars, the Yajurveda 1,975 manthras, the Samaveda 1,875 Manthras and the Athrvaveda 5,977 Manthras. The key words of each Manthra were then arranged in the Akaaradi alphabetical order. The respective number was given to each key word in the index for easy reference’’ Vedaprakash, son of the late Narendra Bhushan, said while explaining the additional features of the new version.
“Naushad K and Georgy Thomas are among those who had played key roles in the effort to make available to the Malayalam readers the intrinsic meanings of the edifice of the Arshabharatha culture,’’ Vedaprakash said.
