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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with little change in names, in mentioning the Kalpas. In
the MBh (XII. 13258) the number of the Kalpas is given as
five without their names being mentioned. In the Mahabhagya
the kalpas of of Kausika and Kasyapa often occur together?.
The Bhagavata Purana mentions the names as nak峁trakalpa岣�
s盲ntis ca kasyapangirasadayah. Saya峁嘺, in the introduction
to his commentary on the AV mentions the kalpas, however,
as Sutras and further adds that they belong to four of the
nine sakhas of the Av.
8 The five kalpas mentioned in the Caranavyuha (AVP
49.4.7) are: 1) the Nak峁tra-kalpa, 2) the Vaitana-kalpa,
3) the Samhita-kalpa (Samhita-vidhi), 4) the Angirasa-kalpa
and 5) the Santi-kalpa. The traditionally recognised
importance of these five kalpas can be seen from the fact
that the Paddhati on the Kaus. cites at the beginning, the
authority of the great Mimamsa teacher, Upavarga, who states
that these Kalpas are on par with the 艣ruti texts while the
other Kalpas are like the Smrtis.
(7) Cf. IS XIII, pp. 417, 419, 436, 445, 455.
(8) SPP's ed. p.25:
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