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

[Jan E.M. Houben]

Congratulations on the publication of this important contribution to
Atharvavedic Studies !

On Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Carmen Spiers via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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/
>
>
> --
> Carmen Sylvia Spiers
>


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*Jan E.M. Houben*

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

*johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <johannes.houben at ephe.psl.eu>*

*https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben
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