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Studies in the Atharvaveda
Proceedings of the 3rd Zurich International Conference on Indian Literature and Philosophy
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Edited by:
Robert Leach
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
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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.
Author / Editor information
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
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The ETÁD–YÁD Construction in Vedic
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Discontinuous Linearization of Vedic Nominal Expressions
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Remarks on the Chronology of the Paippalāda Saṃhitā
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The Three Grand Divisions of the Śaunakasamhitā from a Lexico-Statistic Perspective
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And I Will Fix You: A ‘Chariot-simile’ in PS 4.15.6–7, ŚS 4.12.6–7
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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
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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
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Some Remarks on Apsarases, Dogs and Gandharvas
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Believing in Magic and Other Pitfalls with Interpreting the Atharvaveda
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The Marginality of the Atharvaveda in Its Historical Context
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Rites to Subdue: abhicāra and kṛtyā in the Mahābhārata
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Influence of the Atharvaveda on Rituals in the Maitrāyaṇī Saṁhitā
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Quotations from the Paippalāda-Saṁhitā in Patañjali’s Mahābhāṣya
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The Śaunaka and the Paippalāda Śākhās of the Atharvaveda
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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
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The Neonatal Rites in the Paippalāda Śākhā: The Jātakarmādyannaprāśanāntakarmāṇi Section in the Karmapañjikā
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Index
431
Publishing information
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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
Audience(s) for this book
Academics (Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology), Libraries.
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
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