When I studied Hindu Mythology for the first time I was deeply impressed by the optimistic outlook of our ancestors whose civilisation is embalmed in this book. This aroused a yeaarning in my heart to lear the history of Hindu mythological people - the Aryas as they called themselves -and I began a study of this subject and learnt much about the religious beliefs, customs and the social behaviour of our ancestors. The book volume I and II covers -chapters and each chapter show its speciality in respect of approach. In the I volume manuscripts were sparingly used but in volume II numerous unpublished and almost unknown manu-scripts have been referred to and it took time to collect and read them. In many cases they contain no new matter and had been mentioned only by name since their records were previously unknown. My attempt is to describe the entire Hindu mythologicaal characters in one work of two volumes for the convenience of the readers. A wider approach has also been adopted in this book after discussion with South Indian Religious thinkers (Alvars, Nayanmara and Saira writers). I have much pleasure in acknowledging my dept for ideas and thoughts to my respected teachers, friends and colleagues and all the authors-ancient and modern. Immense thanks are due to Intellectual Book Corner and Publisher for their untiring zeal, enthusiasm and tenacity in publishing this work.
The foundation of the civilisation of India was laid in the glorious period of Aryas. The Vedas have been the subject of study and interpretation by the profound schholars like yaska in ancient and Sayana in medieval times. Many scholars produced alot of literature after editing and trans-lating the Vedas and scholars like Weter, Max Muller, Macdonell Winternitz and Vaidya have written history of Vedic literature and Hindu mythology. There are three kinds of work which deal with Vedic Age. The first of there works are the four Vedas called Samhitas of the Aryas which refer only incidentally to historical facts. In these work, the Vedic god and goddess were covered and at the same there were many references about the events and personage of the Vedic age which are too sufficient for of wiriting a connected history of Vedic period. In Puranas and particularlly only on Ramayana I have given importance to the characters which bring a fascinating feature in the epic. In the last work by me as Miscellaneous Minor deities I was able to cover to certain minor deities who were familiar only to readers who pay more concertation in Mytological stories. Volume II consissts of Demi gods, Dipappalaks, Durga, minor deities in three chapters and last chapter as South Indian Religious thinkers as well as Saiva writers.
Dr. Prem Chand Shridhar b. 1934 did his M.A. (Hindi & Pol. Sc.) from Punjab University and (Philosophy & Sanskrit) from Delhi University. Later, he was awarded M.Phil & Ph.D. Degrees by Delhi University. The Doctoral work "Philosophical Reflections in Rgvedic Legeds" under the Supervisorship of Prof. Vachaspati Upadhyaya was awarded in 1992. He was awarded 'Shri Lalman Arya Vedic Vidwan Puraskar for 1992' by Arya Kendriya Sabha, Delhi and 'Shri Meghji Bhai Arya Sahitya Puraskar for 1999' of Rs. 15,001/-, Shawl, Shripal, a Silver Trophy' by Santa Cruz Arya Samaj, Mumbai. He is an international Vedic Scholar and arenowned Arya Samaj Pracharak. He worked as Vedic Pracharak for one year in Nairobi (Kenya), delivered lectures in London on Vedic Philosophy, participated in the International Ved Maha Sammelan at Allahabad and delivered a lecture on Veda and Philosophy. He also participated in the International Conference of Indic Studies and Waves at Los Angeles, California and presented a paper on Divine Knowledge: The Veda. He was Guest Professor of Philosophy at Hindu University of America (Orlando). His published works on Vedic Culture and Arya Samaj include 5 in English and 28 in Hindi. He is Joint Editor of a research journal International Journal of Dayanand Veda Petha (New Delhi).
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