A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.122
A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.122
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⁴ A detailed account of the Kuntāpa hymns has been given by M. *Bloomfield*. The Atharvaveda (Grundriss, II, 1 B), pp. 96 ff. They were probably part of the jollification on the occasion of the bestowal of the dakṣiṇī, which “in many instances must have led to gormandizing and drunkenness,……followed……by shallow witticisms, by obscene talk, and worse” (l.c., p. 100).