RIKSAMHITÂ: in metre, by Ralph Griffith.
SAMA VEDA. Translation of the Sanhita of the Sama Veda. By Rev. J. Stevenson, 1841.
Vêdâ (English plural Vedas), i.e. 'knowledge', cognate with the old English wit. The name of the sacred books or scriptures of the Brahmins, supposed to contain the fountain and sum of all essential knowledge. They consist of four parts, the Rig-Vêda, Sama-Vêda, Yajur-Vêda and Atharva-Vêda. Of these the Rig-Vêda is the most important. It is composed of religious lyrics or hymns, and is confessedly the oldest extant portion of Sanscrit literature, dating perhaps from 1400 to 1800 B.C.
VEGA, CARPIO LOPE FELIX DE. b. 1562, d. 1635. Spanish poet and dramatist.
ROMEO AND JULIET. Tr. 1770.
THE FATHER OUTWITTED: a Spanish Interlude. Tr. 1806.
Originator of the 'Cloak and Sword' drama. Imitated by Jonson and Fletcher. Influenced English drama after the Restoration through French sources.
'Perhaps the most amazing thing in all Spanish literature is the miraculous fecundity of Lope, to whom are credited nearly two thousand plays.'
VERCELLI BOOK (CODEX VERCELLENSIS).
Ed. (with tr.) J. M. Kemble, 1843-46.