The Word as Revelation: Names of Gods, Foreword by David Frawley

This book has rekindled my passion for reading books. It's been almost 2years since I read any book. One of my Social Media friend has suggested me to read it and I am awestruck with the kind of exploratory journey into the meanings and intentions of words that the author has taken me to and forever be thankful to him.I recommend this book to those who are fed up with the regular meaningless words & conversations, debates that go on daily basis.It is not just a book, but is refreshing journey.

worth to read and have in your collection

Very useful.

Book is thorough in its approach towards development of words and its implication on religion and other aspects of life. I gave it 4 stars because I expected it to reveal more about polytheism vs monotheism issue.Amazon service was amazing.

every hindu(sanathana dharma) and non-hindu should read this book, very enlightening book

An incredibly deep and insightful book. It primarily deals with the nature of language, what words signify, and their essential nature. Are words merely the arbitrary assignment of words or do these words signify a deeper, hidden, meaning? And if these words, any word, contain a deeper occult meaning, what is the nature of the meaning? In Western philosophy this is a question as old as Plato and the discussion of language contained in his dialogue, Cratylus.Words matter and each have their own emotional charge. Much of the book discusses the many twists and turns of linguistic analysis. In the final portions of this book, Ram Swarup applies the results of his analysis to the deities found in the Vedas. Swarup analyses the many meaning of the major Vedic deities. He examines the major deities in light of their many epithets.His discussion is not limited to Hindu religion. Swarup spends time discussing perhaps the most important portion of the Christianity dealing with language, John 1:1, where in the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was God and the Word was with God. According to his analysis, the “Word” signifies both the expressed nomenclature of everything and the inner, esoteric, meaning of things. This is the functional equivalent from the “Logos” of Heraclitus (in the original Greek of the gospel, “the Word” is “Logos”) and the relationship between the Buddhi and organs of sense perception in Samkhya philosophy, the bedrock of the Hindu dharsana.So while most of us speak without attention to the words spoken, words at their essence is a reflection of their own inner meaning, and ultimately are a reflection of God. This book gives the Reader a deeper understanding of the nature of language and a deeper appreciation of the divine nature. It will change how you relate with God, whatever your faith.