The History of Indian Literature c6.30

c6.30

(*a*) *Saṃhitá*, 145–150. Extent and division of Atharvaveda-Saṃhitá, 145, 146; its contents and arrangement, 146; it probably originated in part with the unbráhmanised Aryans of the West, 147; data furnished by the Ath. S., the name 'Atharvan,' 148; earliest mention of this name, 149; the name 'Brahmaveda,' its meaning, 149, 150; editions, &c., of the Ath. S., 150.