Contents: Prolegomena/Karan Singh. Foreword/Vachaspati Upadhyaya. Acknowledgement. Introduction/Shashiprabha Kumar. 1. Veda as word/Kireet Joshi. 2. Vedapauruseyatva/D. Prahladachar. 3. Purvamimamsa perspective on Veda as word/K.T. Pandurangi. 4. Meaning of Veda and Veda-Pramanya--according to Purvamimamsa/S.R. Bhatt. 5. Vagambhrni/S.P. Singh. 6. Vag Vai Saraswati/Usha Choudhuri. 7. Vedic Mantra-Vijnana--in the light of the traditional method of Vedic recitation/Dayanand Bhargava. 8. From 'Mortal' to 'Divine' through Vac/Sindhu S. Dange. 9. Vacam artho'nudhavati'/Ram Karan Sharma. 10. Vedic exegesis/Kapil Kapoor. 11. The contribution of Kerala to Vedic exegesis and saman chanting/P.C. Muraleemadhavan. 12. Ramblings on Nirukta/Wagish Shukla. 13. Vidhivakyas--their significance in human life/P. Shashi Rekha. 14. Sankara on Sruti as verbal testimony/Ram Nath Jha. Index. (7 articles are in Hindi.)

"The present volume is a collection of papers originally presented at the first National seminar held at the special centre for Sanskrit studies JNU, New Delhi during 11-13 February, 2005, on Veda as Word.

The book covers in its gamut Vedic philosophy, phonetics, ritual, accentology, mantravijnana, exegesis, narratives, lexicography, etymology, grammar, ethics, epistemology and also some select hymns of the Veda which deal specifically with word or sound." (jacket)