Carolina QuotesThis hymnal literature is not "primitive." It is highly developed in its literary form, in its intellectual insight, and in its questioning attitude. The glory of this literature, however, is its imaginative and emotional qualities. There is a deeply religious mood in the longer hymns to [God] Varuna, an awareness of divine might in the hymns to [God] Indra, a special radiance and loveliness in the hymns to [Goddess] Ushas.
Thomas Berry Carolinian
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quoted in Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, and David Frawley. - In search of the cradle of civilization _ new light on ancient India-Quest Books (2011) — about the Vedas
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- 2011
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“This hymnal literature is not "primitive." It is highly deve…” Thomas Berry. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-BAECA991E2. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/baeca991e2
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