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Hymns of the Atharvaveda (In 2 Volumes)

 
Ralph T.H. Griffith (Author)
Synopsis In India both the Rgveda and the Atharvaveda represent the earliest age in the history of sacred literature. However the spirit of the Atharvaveda breathes of a prehistoric stage. Some of its charms, witchcrafts and exorcism go back to Indo-European period. Dr. A. Kuhn has proved how some of its spells for curing bodily ailments agree in purpose and content as well as to some extent even in form, with certain old German, Lettic and Russian charms. Every evil thing in nature, from a drought to a fever or bad qualities of the human heart, is personified and made the object of terror-stricken propitiation, or of attempt at circumvention through witchcraft, or the instrument of harm to others through the same compelling nature. Here as there, worship takes the form of conjuring, not prayer; its ministers are sorcerers, not priests. The synonyms of the Atharvaveda like Atharvangirasah, Bhrgavangirasah and Brahmaveda speak of the development and the status it has enjoyed from time to time. In domestic sacrifices the Atharvan influence has been indelible. A deep study of the Atharvaveda and other Vedic texts unfolds new dimensions to modern sciences namely Comparative Philology, Comparative Mythology, Comparative Religion and Comparative Literature. Though Vedic literature the practical teaching of the classical languages in Europe has undergone an important change. The intellectual debt of Europe to India has thus been immense. It may perhaps become greater still in these post-independence years. Its special features include: a comparative study of the Saunaka and the Paippalada schools; and pointed references to the latest but lesser known researches expressed in Sanskrit language in the sixteen volumes Vedic Padanukramakosa by Acarya Dr. Vishva Bandhu Shastri and his distinguishes colleagues. This will evoke response from enlightened scholars for our prospective publications on other works.
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Ralph T.H. Griffith

Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith born May 25, 1826: son of Rev. R.C. Griffith: educated at Warminster, Uppingham and Queen's College, Oxford: University Boden Sanskrit Scholar: Assistant Master, -Marlborough, 1849-53: Professor of English literature, Benares College, 1854-62: Principal of Benares College, 1863-78: Director of Public Instruction, N.W.P. and Oudh, 1878-85: retired 1885: author of Specimens of Old Indian Poetry, 1852; The Birth of the War-God, 1853; Idylls from the Sanskrit, 1866; Scenes from the Ramayana, 1868; The Ramayana of Valmiki, 1870-75; The Hymns of the Rigveda, 1889-92; The Hymns of the Atharvaveda, 1895-96; The Texts of the White Yajurveda, 1899: founder and editor of the Pandit, a Sanskrit journal, for eight years: C.I.E., 1885. Died 1906

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Title Hymns of the Atharvaveda (In 2 Volumes)
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2002
Edition Reprint
Language: English
length 954p.