Author : Charles Rockwell Lanman
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230258140
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (581 download)
Book Synopsis Atharva-Veda Samhita by : Charles Rockwell Lanman
Download or read book Atharva-Veda Samhita written by Charles Rockwell Lanman and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... LThe two broadest principles of arrangement of books i.-xviii.--Leaving book xx. out of account, and disregarding also for the present book xix. as being a palpable supplement (see pages 895-8), it is not difficult to trace the two principles that underlie the general arrangement of the material of books i.-xviii. These principles are: J i. Miscellaneity or unity of subject and 2. length of hymn.--The books i.-xviii. fall accordingly into two general classes: 1. books of which the hymns are characterized by miscellaneity of subject and in which the length of the hymns is regarded; and 2. books of which the distinguishing characteristic is a general unity of subject and in which the precise length of the hymns is not primarily regarded, although they are prevailingly long.1 The first class again falls into two divisions: 1. the short hymns; and 2. the long hymns.J LThe three grand divisions (I. and II. and III.) as based on those principles We thus have, for books i.-xviii., three grand divisions, as follows: I. the first grand division, consisting of the seven books, i.-vii., and comprehending the short hymns of miscellaneous subjects, more specifically, all the hymns (not paryayas: p. cxxxiv) of a less number of verses than twenty1; II. the second grand division, consisting of the next five books, viii.-xii., and comprehending the long hymns of miscellaneous subjects, more specifically, all the hymns (save those belonging to the third division) of more than twenty verses; and III. the third grand division, consisting, as aforesaid, of those books of which the distinguishing characteristic is a general unity of subject, to wit, the six books, xiii.-xviii.--There are other features, not a few, which differentiate these divisions one from..