Atharva-Veda Samhit
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ISBN13: 9780217177825
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 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 Li. Miscellaneity or unity of subject and 2. length of hymn.?The books i.-xviii. fall accordingly into two general classes: i. 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 another; they will be mentioned be...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217177825 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217177824 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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