Society in the Atharvaveda / (Record no. 2375)
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| fixed length control field | 01105nam a2200337 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8124600937 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5/9215046 K5277 S |
| Item number | 102225 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kharade B S |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Society in the Atharvaveda / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | B.S. Kharade. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher | D.K. Printworld, |
| Date of publication | 1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 160 |
| Accompanying material | 22 cm. |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Reconstructing Indian History and Culture no.15 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Of the Vedas the Atharvaveda, the Veda of the masses, is unique. Unlike the Rig, Sama and Yajur Vedas, the Atharvaveda delineates the life of the common man in the ancient Indian village community the village farmer, craftsman and others who formed the core of the agriculturist society of the time. Modern scholarship has focused much on the vedatrayi but little has been written on the Atharvaveda. Society in the Atharvaveda not only attempts to address the dearth of scholarly studies on the Atharvaveda but it is also perhaps, in recent years, the first ever study of the Atharvaveda from the point of view of the common people. The Atharvavedic verses throw light upon a wide range of themes and all these are discussed here: topics from farming and cattle breeding, village crafts, religion, daily preoccupations and fashions of the people, role of women and their problems in day-to-day life, crime and degenerative practices like adultery and gambling, to trade and travel means and routes, loan facility, taxation, political administration and man s response to his environment. The author traces this Veda as the source of many traditional folk songs that are sung even today by the common man at work in the villages. This systematic survey dispels the widespread notion that the Atharvaveda is subordinate to the vedatrayi; rather the author shows that it occupies an unrivalled importance in Vedic literature largely owing to its preoccupation with the life of the people at large. The book abounds with Atharvavedic verses; a number of verses are cited to bring out each and every aspect of common life and living. With meaningful appendices, this scholarly work would provide interesting and useful research and reference material to Vedic scholars especially those keen on studying the Veda of the masses in a fresh perspective. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Society in literature. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Vedas.--Atharvaveda |
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| Non-fiction | Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 20/03/2018 | 225.00 | 2 | 294.5/9215046 K5277 S 102225 | 102225 | 04/05/2021 | Books |