The History of Indian Literature c8.421

c8.421

The *Samhitá* of the Atharvaveda contains in twenty *káṇḍas*¹⁵⁸ and thirty-eight *prapáṭhakas* nearly 760 hymns and about 6000 verses. Besides the division into *prapáṭhakas*, another into *anuvákas* is given, of which there are