Atharva-Veda-Samhita (2 Vols.)

Specification Product Code :BK7107 Size :8.6" x 5.4" x 1.7" Weight :1 kg. Author :William Dwight Whitney / Charles Rockwell Lanman ISBN :8120810856, 9788120810853 Publisher :Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Edition :2011 Cover :Hard Cover Language :English Pages :1046 Description About the Book: Atharva - Veda means 'the Veda of the Atharvan' or 'the knowledge of Magic Formulas'. Originally, however, the word meaning 'fire priest', dates back to the Indo-Iranian period. It is a collection of 731 hymns, which contain about 6,000 verses, in the recension which is best preserved. The great importance of the Atharva - Veda Samhita lies in the very fact that it is an invaluable source of knowledge of the real popular belief as yet uninfluenced by the priestly religion, of the faith in numberless spirits, imps, ghosts, and demons of every kind, and of the witchcraft, so eminently important to ethnology and for the history of religion. This work includes in the first pl