Description
Course content:
The course provides an overview of the features and contents of the Atharvaveda as well as provides illustrations from the Saṁhitā, Brāhmaṇa and Upaniṣad sections of the Atharvaveda that show how they differ from each other.
In this course students will be able to:
- Understand the arrangement of mantras in the Atharvaveda as well as the overview of its contents
- Understand the Vedic worldview through its philosophy of life
- Recognize the variation and divergence of Vedic and classical Sanskrit language
- Distinguish the convergence and divergence in nature, features, form, content, structure, and utility of the four Vedas, with regards to Vedic practices
Area of Study:- Sanskrit Studies
Required / Elective: Elective
Prerequisites: Completion of the course “Introduction to the Vedas”
Faculty / Instructor: Prof M A Alwar, Prof. Ramanujacharya
Quarter Offered: Spring Quarter
