Veda Mantras and Suktas: Widely used in Worship

by Dr. R. L. Kashyap

This is a collection of mantras from Rig Veda and Yajur Veda. Some of these are chanted everyday during worship in certain houses and temples. Some others are used on special occasions like the consecration of a house, birthdays, the beginning of school etc. This collection of mantras compliments our two other books of collection of mantras namely, (i) Shanti Mantras and (ii) Rudra Mantras. Some widely used mantras like the mantra to Ganapati are in those books; hence they are not repeated in this book.

As in our other books, the format in this book is designed to help the reader both in the proper chanting of the mantras and in understanding the deeper meaning of the mantras. The text of the mantra is given in both the Devanagari script and the Roman Script.

Table of Contents:

• Savitr, Purusha And Narayana
• Goddesses
• The Nine Deities
• Vastu and House Consecration
• Purification and Nourishment
• Correct Chanting and Worship

About the Author:

Dr. R.L. Kashyap is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana in USA. He had his masters degree form Indian Institute of science, Bangalore and obtained Ph.D. form Harvard University. He is the recipient of many international awards. He has authored more than 350 research papers. He has guided more than 50 Ph.D. Scholars. He has written extensively on Veda. He has given the word-meaning of all the verses from the first 121 suktas of Rig Veda. He has to his credit six major books on the Veda. He is the Honorary Director of Sri Aurobindo Kapali Sastry Institute of Vedic culture, Bangalore.