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¹ There are two complete English translations of the Atharvaveda, one by R.T.H. *Griffith* (Benares 1895-6), and another by W.D. *Whitney*, revised and brought nearer to completion and edited by C.R. *Lanman* (HOS, vols. 7 and 8, Cambridge Mass. 1905), a selection of hymns in excellent English translation by M *Bloomfield* (SBE, vol. 42, 1897). A great number of hymns have been translated into German by A. *Ludwig* in the 3rd volume of his "Rigveda" (Prague 1878), pp. 428-551. A selection of hymns into German verse by J. *Grill* (Hundert Lieder des Atharva-Veda, 2. Aufl., Stuttgart 1888). German translations of books I-V and XIV by A. *Weber* (Ind. Stud., vols. 4, 5, 13, 17, 18), of book XVIII by the same (SBA 1895 and 1896), of book XV by Th. *Aufrecht* (Ind. Stud., vol. 1) and of VI, 1-50 by C.A. *Florenz* (Diss., Göttingen 1887). A French translation of books VII-XIII by V. *Henry* (Paris 1891-96). *Bloomfield* has treated of the Atharvaveda in detail in the "Grundriss" (II, 1, B), and I am particularly indebted to this work for this chapter. For the contents and interpretation of the Atharvaveda, see also V. *Henry*, La magie dans l'Inde antique, Paris 1904; *Oldenberg*, AR 7, 1904, 217 ff.; F. *Edgerton*, American Journal of Philology, 35, 1914, 435 ff.