About This Book
The Rgveda, the oldest literary record of the Aryan race and the sacred book of the Hindus, has very few authentic translations in English. Most of the translations are only the imitations of interpretations which the mediaeval Hindus, as represented by Sayana, have offered. Griffith`s is the only t...
More by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, Jagdish Lal Shastri
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Reading Time Estimates
18h 48m
slow reader
180 WPM
13h 32m
average reader
250 WPM
9h 40m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 202,950 words📅 28 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
13 h 32 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
15 h 2 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
22 h 33 min
Audio 2x
11 h 17 min
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- 📅28 days reading 30 min/day
- 🚇28 commutes of 30 min each