Recitational Permutations of the Saunakiya Atharvaveda

Name: Recitational Permutations of the Saunakiya Atharvaveda
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ISBN: 9780674009394

ISBN-10: 0674009398

ISBN-13: 9780674009394

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Authors: Madhav M. Deshpande

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This is a critical edition of the Kramapatha and Jatapatha forms of recitational permutations of several sections of the Saunakiya Atharvaveda available in six rare manuscripts found in Pune, India. Such recitational variations for the Atharvaveda are no longer available in the surviving oral tradition in India, and hence the texts, critically edited here, provide rare access to these materials. Some of these recitational variations are defined in the ancient text, Saunakiya Caturadhyayika, which was recently published in a critical edition in Harvard Oriental Studies (vol. 52, 1997). The texts offered here allow scholars to compare the recitational tradition of the Atharvaveda with those…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Publisher: Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies
Publication date: 10/15/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 7.36" wide x 10.24" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Madhav M. Deshpande is Professor of Sanskrit, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.



Preface


Introduction


Jatapatha for the 15th Kanda of the AV


Jatapatha for the 17th Kanda of the AV


Kramapatha for the 20th Kanda of the Av


Two Fragments of Av Jatapatha