Essay name: Atharvaveda ancillary literature (Study)
Author:
B. R. Modak
Affiliation: Savitribai Phule Pune University / Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Languages
The essay studies the ancillary literature of the Atharva-Veda with special reference to the Parisistas. It does so by understanding the socio-cultural and philosophical aspects of ancient Indian life. The Atharvaveda addresses encompasses all practical aspects of life from health and prosperity to rituals and sorcery.
Chapter 1 - Ancillary Literature of the Atharvaveda (other than the Parisistas)
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Thus it does not operate on the Paippalada recension and
both the CA and the APrat. may be generally said to refer to
the Saunakiya recension; at least their commentators quote
from the Saunakiya recension. The APrat. refers to words
from the first eighteen k盲ndas of the AV, the CA also mentions
words from eighteen k盲ndas only and this would prove that
the CA and the APrat. belong to a considerable ant
补苍迟颈辩耻颈迟测鲁.
Out of these two manuals the CA must have been
composed earlier, for, the APr盲t. refers to the CA at a
number of places". In fact the whole of the third prapathaka
f.n. 2 continued)
are hardly ten passages where the Vulgate MSS. do not
follow the sanction of the APr盲t., while there are
hundreds of passages in the CA (which is SaunakIya),
where not a single Vulgate MS. follows the sanction of
this treatise. Thus he has tried to show that a) the
APr盲t. belongs to the Vulgate, b) the CA goes with the
Saunaka school, and c) that the two, namely, the Vulgate
and the Saunaka recension are not one. He has suggested
that the Saunakiya recension should be reconstructed by
referring to the CA and to the commentary on the AV
ascribed to Sayana who has expressly stated that he is
commenting on the AV in the Saunakiya Sakha.
(3) "The last two books (of the AV) are practically a khila
portion and did not probably form part of the first
compilation" - C.V.Vaidya, History of Sanskrit Literature
(Vedic period), p. 159.
(4)
APrat.
136 CA
2.5
147 e
2.69,70,73,75,76
147 g
201 2.102
2.62
See Surva Kanta, op. cit., p.61.
