[INDOLOGY] Book with Paippalādasaṁhitā kāṇḍa 3 just released in Collection Indologie series jointly published by the IFP and EFEO

[Carmen Spiers]

Hello all, my first book has come out and is available for sale from India
for the moment, but a stock will be at the EFEO in Paris for sale from
their website by the fall. The translation part is in English and French
but the notes and study in French only. The announcement:

*JUST RELEASED*

*Charmes védiques. Édition, traduction et commentaire du livre 3 de la
Paippalādasaṁhitā de l’Atharvaveda avec un essai critique sur la « magie »
dans l’Atharvaveda et sur l’usage rituel de ses hymnes* par Carmen Sylvia
Spiers. Collection Indologie n˚ 165, Institut Français de Pondichéry /
Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, 2025, 621 p.
Language: French, Sanskrit. *1500 Rs (48 €).*  ISBN: 978-81-8470-258-3
(IFP); 978-2-85539-299-8 (EFEO)

*Summary*:

This book puts into context the “charms” of the Atharva Veda, an ancient
ritual tradition originating in the northwestern area of the Indian
subcontinent, through a critical examination of ideas frequently
encountered in studies of this Veda, in particular the usage of the label
“magic” as well as of the notions of poetry and performativity. This
introductory study is followed by the critical edition and translation into
English and French of the forty hymns of book 3 of the *Paippalādasaṁhitā*
of the Atharva Veda, along with a detailed commentary in French for each
hymn. This book will interest not only sanskritists and scholars of South
Asia but also linguists, ethnolinguists and anthropologists.

For details go to: https://www.ifpindia.org/bookstore/ci165/


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Carmen Sylvia Spiers
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