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<journal-id>2448-654X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios de Asia y África]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Asia Áfr.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-654X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-654X2020000100043</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24201/eaa.v55i1.2579</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Acerca del referente último del &#7770;g Veda]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[About the ultimate referent of the &#7770;g Vedaµ]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Quiroz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Anselmo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,El Colegio de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>55</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>43</fpage>
<lpage>78</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-654X2020000100043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-654X2020000100043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-654X2020000100043&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Las traducciones más recientes del &#7770;g Veda consideran este texto como un ejemplar de poesía litúrgica o literatura religiosa. Sin embargo, no se discuten claramente los parámetros con los cuales se le cataloga así. Es relevante volver a preguntar: ¿el &#7770;g Veda es un texto religioso?, ¿está asociado a algún tipo de religión? Investigo la cuestión del referente último tal como se plantea en el &#7770;g Veda. Argumento que hay pasajes tanto de determinación como de indeterminación textual esparcidos homogéneamente, por lo que, al no poder hablar rigurosamente de determinación o indeterminación total, el referente último que se denota no está definido. Por ello considero que el pensamiento védico más antiguo -atestado en el &#7770;g Veda- difiere tanto del pensamiento religioso como del filosófico, pues éstos quedan definidos por los conceptos de &#8220;dios&#8221; y &#8220;principio&#8221;. En cambio, propongo entender el pensamiento védico más antiguo como un ejemplar de poesía iniciática.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The most recent translations of the &#7770;g-Veda consider this text as an exemplary liturgical poem or religious literature. However, it does not clearly discuss the parameters with which it is classified as being religious. This raises an important question once again: Is the &#7770;g-Veda a religious text? Is it connected to some kind of religion? This paper researches the issue of the last reference as expressed in the &#7770;g Veda, referring to the existence of homogenously distributed passages both of textual determination and indetermination. Therefore, given the impossibility of a rigorous discussion of complete determination and indetermination, the final reference described is not defined. For that reason, I consider that the most ancient Vedic thought-as confirmed in the &#7770;g-Veda-differs from both religious and philosophical thought, as these remain defined by the concepts of &#8220;God&#8221; and &#8220;principle&#8221;. In contrast, the author proposes an approach to the most ancient Vedic thought as a model of initiatory poetry.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[&#7770;g Veda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[vedismo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[himnos especulativos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[poesía iniciática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Rgµ -Veda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[vedism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Vedic religion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[speculative hymns]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[initiation poetry]]></kwd>
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