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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belongs 11 214 (55-58). The values of hrasva, dirgha and pluta
are given as one, two and three matras respectively (59-62).
The third pada of the first adhyaya gives some un-
usual changes in words, such as puras followed by dasa
becoming together purod膩sa (63-66). The occurence of
nasalised vowels is then considered as in the words payansi
(1.9.3), babh奴v盲帽 (X.2.28) etc. (67.72). S奴tras 73-81
mention the occasions for making a svara pragrhya. Sutra
83 lays down that, in the pada text, iti should follow iva
which accompanies a pragrhya word as in the case of artni
iva (1.3.8). The occurrence of short and long nasalised
vowels within a word is then stated (yajun峁: XI.6.14;
punan: I.8.1 etc.) (84-91).
12 The fourth p盲da of the first adhyaya begins by
defining upadha which means a sound preceding a final sound
13 (92). It further states that a vowel is a syllable鹿鲁 (93);
that the sound preceding an aspirate must be non-aspirate 14
(94); and that the change of a sound is according to
(11) "It is a matter of pretty pure theory, the only practical
bearing it can have must be in determining whether such
and such a consonant shall receive one or another accent
as being that of the preceding or the following vowel"-
Whitney on 1.55, p. 44.
(12) Cf. RPr盲t. 13.7-10; TPrat. 16.1-31.
(13) "It seems to be a general and theoretic doctrine than a
precept which enters in any active and practical manner
into the system of the rules of our treatise" Whitney,
p. 59.
(14) Cf. RPr盲t. 6.1; VPr盲t. 4.106; TPr盲t. 14.5.
