A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.214
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.214
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v1.c8.s2.214
On the whole, however, the magic songs of the Ṛgveda differ in no wise from those of the Atharva-Veda, with which we shall deal later. But it is very significant that, besides the hymns to the great gods and the sacrificial songs, also incantations like these have been included in the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā—and that by no means only in the tenth book of the latter.