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Studies in the Atharvaveda

Proceedings of the 3rd Zurich International Conference on Indian Literature and Philosophy
  • Edited by: Robert Leach , Oliver Hellwig and Thomas Zehnder
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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This volume, the first of its kind in nearly two decades, comprises 16 articles on the Atharvaveda, India’s second oldest text, by the world’s leading scholars in the field, from India, Japan, Europe and North America. Linguistic, ritual, mythological, historical and hermeneutical aspects of the Atharvaveda are studied alongside its transmission, influence and reception, from a broad variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives.

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Robert Leach, Oliver Hellwig and Thomas Zehnder, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter

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Preface

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Contents

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Introduction

Robert Leach, Oliver Hellwig and Thomas Zehnder
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The ETÁD–YÁD Construction in Vedic

Werner Knobl
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Discontinuous Linearization of Vedic Nominal Expressions

Paul Widmer and Oliver Hellwig
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Remarks on the Chronology of the Paippalāda Saṃhitā

Alexander Lubotsky
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The Three Grand Divisions of the Śaunakasamhitā from a Lexico-Statistic Perspective

Oliver Hellwig
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And I Will Fix You: A ‘Chariot-simile’ in PS 4.15.6–7, ŚS 4.12.6–7

Laura Massetti
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The Funeral Ceremony Described in the 13th Anuvāka of the Mahatkāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 18) of the Paippalāda-Saṁhitā vs Its Śaunaka- Saṁhitā Parallel, Interpreted from the Perspective of Their Textual Differences

Roland A. Pooth
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What Does the páñcaudana- ajá- Represent in the Śaunakīya- and Paippalāda-Saṁhitās? A Tentative Reading through the Lens of Jaiminīya-Brāhmaṇa II 53–54

Tiziana Pontillo
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Some Remarks on Apsarases, Dogs and Gandharvas

Robert Leach
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Believing in Magic and Other Pitfalls with Interpreting the Atharvaveda

Jarrod Whitaker
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The Marginality of the Atharvaveda in Its Historical Context

Carmen Spiers
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Rites to Subdue: abhicāra and kṛtyā in the Mahābhārata

Angelika Malinar
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Influence of the Atharvaveda on Rituals in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā

Kyoko Amano
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Quotations from the Paippalāda-Saṁhitā in Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya

Thomas Zehnder
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The Śaunaka and the Paippalāda Śākhās of the Atharvaveda

Shrikant Bahulkar
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The Textual Divisions and the Conventions mantrādhikāra and phalādhikāra in Classifying the Rites in the Kauśika Sūtra: A Case Study of the Construction Rites

Julieta Rotaru
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The Neonatal Rites in the Paippalāda Śākhā: The Jātakarmādyannaprāśanāntakarmāṇi Section in the Karmapañjikā

Shilpa Sumant
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Index

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eBook published on:
December 30, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783111244433
Hardcover published on:
December 30, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111244419
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
8
Main content:
433
Illustrations:
4
Coloured Illustrations:
7
Tables:
35
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111244433
eBook ISBN: 9783111244433
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111244419
Keywords for this book
Hinduism; Atharvaveda; Sanskrit
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Academics (Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology), Libraries.
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