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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234 38
reads a verbal with accent, but the same cannot be explained.
It has been already noted that the APrat. depends
upon the CA. Especially it seems as if the third prapathaka
of the APrat. were to record exceptions to the general
rules of the CA. We find that the APr盲t. freely makes use
39 of technical terms like pragrhya, amredita, samapatti
(restoration of the original form in the pada text) and
up膩c膩ra (Conversion of visargas before k or pl 40; but
to
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these terms are not defined and their knowledge is taken for
granted. Incidentally, it may be noted that the APrat. does
not differentiate between two cases of words which carry
double accent - 1) archaic genitive compounds like Brhaspati
and 2) copulative compounds like Mitr盲varupa
41 Like the CA the APrat. has adopted the gana method.
42 The ganas mentioned herein are Brhaspatyadi (4),
vv盲ghr盲di (19), ajar膩di (34), Sakalye峁Ｄ乨i (62), en盲 eh盲
(38) op. cit., preface, p. 68. The verbals are: pratyetu
(III.2.1), askabhayad (IV.1.4), asti (IV.19.2), sahasva
(IV.31.2); stha (VI.21.3), stam (VI.78.2) and kran
(VI.131.3).
(39) Cf. Pr盲t 13.31; CA 4.73: prakrtidar艣anam samapatti岣�
(40) Cf. CA 2.62; RPrat. 4.41; 13.131.
(41) APr盲t 4: dvir udattam brhaspaly膩din膩m. Panini has
enunciated two sutras to distinguish between these two
kinds (vi.2.140,141).
(42) This gana is found in VPr盲t. (2.47) where 12 words
beginning with Brhaspati have been mentioned.
