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 2a - The nature of the Parisistas (of the Atharvaveda)
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Atharvaniya Paddhati on Kaus. 1.6 cites the Vait. as a
saunakiya sutra. The CA is expressly Saunakiya. The persons
belonging to this school are called Saunakeyah and the name
Saunaka occurs at many places in the Parisistas. Saunaki
appears at 2.4.1 and 43.4.53. Kesava in the introduction to
his Paddhati on the Kaus. states that the Kaus. belongs to
four schools with Saunaka at the head. 19 Panini mention the
name at IV.3.106. Bloomfield states: "In the outside reports
of the AV s盲khas, the name occurs with many corrupt variants,
and I believe that the kaunakhin or kunakhin ... who are
frequently mentioned with saunakin are the result of a
popular etymology, perhaps with sinister intent (kunakhin
20 'sick-fingers'), based upon the name Saunakin itself."
5) Jajala: AVP 22.2.3 states that, according to
Jajalas, the arani should be as high as the thigh. In the
Mahabhasya, the school is represented by the name of its
22 ac膩rya Jajali. 21 Roth thinks that Bh膩gali (Cf. Kau艣.9.10;
17.27; Vait. 1.3; 22.1; 28.12) is at the bottom of this
school-name.
6) Jalada: AVP 2.5.2 suggests that a person belonging
to the Jalada school should not be appointed as a Purohita.
18. 1.3.1; 196.1.1; 22.2.5; 23.13.4; 25.1.5; 30.1.1; 52.1.2;
58.3.11; 62.1.6; 68.1.2.
19.
20.
啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶氞い啶膏啶粪 啶多ぞ啶栢ぞ啶膏 啶多啶ㄠ啶距う啶苦し啷� 啶曕啶た啶� 啶膏啶灌た啶むぞ 啶掂た啶оた啶� 啷�
[tatra catas峁涐梗u 艣膩kh膩su 艣aunak膩di峁 koyi峁� sa峁僪it膩 vidhi岣� |
] Intro. to Kaus., JAOS XIV, p.xxxv.
21. Cf. IS XIII, p.435.
22.
op. cit. p. 25.
