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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(a) The Caturadhyayik膩
Every Vedic school (Sakha) is traditionally supposed
to have a grammatical manual dealing with the phonetic rules
peculiar to it. The Catur盲dhy膩yik膩 (CA) is a phonetic manual
which professedly belongs to the Saunaki ya recension of the
AV. That the CA belongs to a sakha of the AV is, according
to Max M眉ller' indicated by its very beginning2. Further,
one of its initial rules is quoted by the commentator on the
Sakala-Pr盲tisakhya as belonging to an Atharvana Prati艣膩khya鲁.
Besides, in the fourth pada of the fourth adhyaya of the CA,
special reference is made to atharvanic sacrifices.
The CA, as its name indicates, consists of four
adhyayas. Each of the adhyayas is divided into four quarters
(p盲da). The text, on the whole, contains 434 s奴tras. Thus
(1) op. cit. p.139.
(2) namo brahmavedaya atha 'ngirasah.
131 (3)
啶ムぞ 啶� 啶嗋お啶｀お啷嵿ぐ啶距い啶苦ざ啶距啷嵿く 啶た啶︵ぎ啷囙さ 啶啶班く啷嬥啶ㄠぎ啷佮啷嵿い啶啷�
啶︵啶掂ぎ啶苦い啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶ぞ啶ぞ啶啶班ぞ啶啶む 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶� 啷�
( [th膩 va 膩pa峁嘺pr膩ti艣膩khya midameva prayojanamuktam|
devamiti ca vim膩p膩pr膩pta峁� s膩m膩nyena |
(] 4) The division of the sutras into the p盲das of the four
adhyayas is as follows:
Adhyaya 1.1 sutras 1-41; 1.2 sutras 42-63
1.3
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63.91; 1.4
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92-105
2.1
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1-39; 2.2
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40-59
2.3
2 60-80%; 2.4
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81-107
3.1
1-25; 3.2
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26-54
3.3
55-74; 3.4
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75-96
4.1
1-46; 4.2
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47-72
4.3
73-100 4.4
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101-126
The reference to the CA is made by giving the number of
the adhyaya and of the sutra therein.
