[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878) › c8.421 # The History of Indian Literature c8.421 The History of Indian Literature c8.421 - **Language:** English ### [c8.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.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 - [Previous: c8.420](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.420) - [Next: c8.422](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.422) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.421](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.421) · Pramāṇa