The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.61

c14.61

¹ It is noteworthy that everywhere in our text only three Vedas are mentioned. It appears to me that herein we have a proof that the Atharvaveda in the older Buddhistic age, although it existed as a collection—as appears from Sutta Nipāta, Verse 927, and was made use of by the Brāhmaṇas in the performance of magical rites—was not considered from the religious standpoint of equal worth with the other three Vedas.