Studies in the Atharvaveda - Proceedings of the 3rd Zurich International Conference on Indian Literature and Philosophy

This volume, the first of its kind in nearly two decades, comprises 16 articles on the Atharvaveda, India's second oldest text, by the world's leading scholars in the field, from India, Japan, Europe and North America. Linguistic, ritual, mythological, historical and hermeneutical aspects of the Atharvaveda are studied alongside its transmission, influence and reception, from a broad variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives.

About the author

Robert Leach, Oliver Hellwig and Thomas Zehnder, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Product details

• Assisted by: Oliver Hellweg (Editor), Oliver Hellwig (Editor), Robert Leach (Editor), Thomas Zehnder (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9783111244419
• ISBN: 978-3-11-124441-9
• No. of pages: 433
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 25 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 741 g
• Illustrations: 4 b/w and 7 col. ill., 35 b/w tbl.
• Series: Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Miscellaneous; Sanskrit, Indischer Subkontinent, Atharvaveda, Hinduism, Regional Studies, SCI000000 SCIENCE / General, HIS050000 HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia