ATHARVA-VEDA

ətärˈvə-vāˈdə,–vē–: see Veda.

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The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition
Book by Tracy Pintchman; State University of New York Press, 1994
Subjects:	God (Hinduism), Goddesses, Hindu
...hita does not. Finally, the Atharva-Veda Sa hita contains mostly charms...similar role is described in Atharva-Veda 4.2, a variant on g-Veda 10...aspects of P thivi appears in Atharva-Veda 12.1: May P thivi, who bears...

Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste
Book by Brian K. Smith; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects:	Caste--India--History
...Asvalayana Srauta Sutra AV Atharva Veda Sam hita Saunaka recension AVP Atharva Veda Sam hita Paippalada recension...is the supplementation of the Atharva Veda to the "triple wisdom" of the original...

Oriental and Linguistic Studies
Book by William Dwight Whitney; Scribner Armstrong and Company, 1873
Subjects:	Language And Languages, Oriental Philology
...progress at London. 2 The Atharva-Veda, the most comprehensive and valuable...as Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Atharva-Veda; and to these alone--the...peculiar character of the fourth Veda, the Atharvan, and do in fact sustain to that...

Hinduism
Book by R. C. Zaehner; Oxford University Press, 1966
Subjects:	Hinduism
...ascetics. So too, as early as the Atharva-Veda he is known as pasupati, the Lord...stratum of the Rig-Veda and in the Atharva-Veda the word asura has come to mean...transcended and reconciled. In the Atharva-Veda Rudra has already received the...

Sources of Indian Tradition
Book by Theodore De Bary, Stephen N. Hay, Royal Weiler, Andrew Yarrow; Columbia University Press, 1958
Subjects:	India--Civilization, India--Religion, Pakistan--Civilization
...Veda , Sama Veda , and Atharva Veda . The earliest of these texts...canonical collections is the Atharva Veda , which is somewhat more representative...demon Vritra.Finally, in the Atharva Veda both "being" and "nonbeing...

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Sura in the Paippalada Samhita of the Atharvaveda
Journal article by Marianne S. Oort; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects:	Alcoholic beverages--History, Atharva Veda (Sacred text)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Vedas

Vrata Divine and Human in the Early Veda
Journal article by Timothy Lubin; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 121, 2001
Subjects:	Epic literature--India, India--Literature, Language and languages--Literature, Religion and literature--Analysis, Vocabulary--Analysis
...the same as--the masters. The Atharva Veda is particularly rich in passages...probably later) hymn from the Atharva Veda mentions a vrata that seems to...thereby confer divine blessings. The Atharva Veda and the various brahmana texts...

The Dark and Deep Underworld in the Veda
Journal article by H.W. Bodewitz; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects:	Vedas
...Bloomfield, M. 1897. Hymns of the Atharva-Veda. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Bodewitz...T. H. 1895-96. The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda. Benares: E. T. Lazarus. Horsch...York Press. Whitney, W. D. 1905. Atharva-Veda Samhita Translated... Cambridge...

When Old Is Not Old.: RV Jaradasti-, Jaradvisam, and the Vulture Jaradgava
Journal article by Elizabeth Tucker; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002
Subjects:	Old age--Terminology, Rig Veda (Sacred text)--Translations and translating, Sanskrit literature--Translations and translating, Vedas
...The Paippalada-Samhita of the Atharva Veda. Calcutta. BR = Bohtlingk, O...Barret, L. C. 1922. The Kashmirian Atharva Veda, Book 9. JAOS 42: 105-46. _____. 1936. The Kashmirian Atharva Veda, Books 16 and 17. New Haven...

Postscript on Vedic Jangahe
Journal article by Arlo Griffiths, Alexander Lubotsky; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999
Subjects:	Civilization, Hindu--Languages, Hinduism--Languages, Translations--Analysis
...the Paippalada recension of the Atharva Veda provide the definitive proof...Barret, L. C. 1940. The Kashmirian Atharva Veda: Books Nineteen and Twenty. New...Bloomfield, M. 1897. Hymns of the Atharva-Veda. Oxford: OUR Reprint 1992. Delhi...

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Atharva-Veda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATHARVA-VEDA tar v -va d , ve : see Veda . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Veda
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the sacrifice. These three Vedas were recognized as canonical and called Trayi Vidya the threefold knowledge. The Atharva-Veda ( atharvan =charm), written at a later period, was included in the canon only after a long struggle. Influenced by...

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