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

[Lyne Bansat-Boudon]

Dear colleagues,
It is my very sad duty to inform you of the death of our highly esteemed colleague, Professor Edwin Gerow, in the morning of 24th July 2025.
 As a scholar he was the most brilliant polymath, being notably a pioneer in the studies of figures of style and an impeccable grammarian.
For some of us, he has also been all along a faithful, generous and very attentive friend. This is the reason why I stop here. I need some more time to write the homage he deserves.
My heartfelt condolences to his beloving and beloved wife , his two sons, and his grandchildren, as well as to his numerous students and the colleagues with whom he was always ready to collaborate.
Lyne Bansat-Boudon

Envoyé à partir de Outlook pour iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
________________________________
De : INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> de la part de Madhav Deshpande via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
Envoyé : Wednesday, July 23, 2025 8:20:49 PM
À : Hock, Hans Henrich <hhhock at illinois.edu>
Cc : Indology List <indology at list.indology.info>
Objet : Re: [INDOLOGY] Book with Paippalādasaṁhitā kāṇḍa 3 just released in Collection Indologie series jointly published by the IFP and EFEO

Congratulations, Carmen. Now I am eager to get hold of the book. Best wishes,

Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]


On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM Hock, Hans Henrich via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
Congratulations, Carmen. This is a wonderful contribution to our understanding of the Paippalāda tradition

Best wishes

Hans Henrich

On Jul 22, 2025, at 06:09, Carmen Spiers via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info<mailto: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/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ifpindia.org/bookstore/ci165/__;!!DZ3fjg!-i6JhWA76VzXB1w1ISkRt2P6-oyvKB1KJbpWMSMHzbPdjlJG36fK4SVDsArggIJsSWBYYGz74DYe83DCfkcQ0isW20W_$>


--
Carmen Sylvia Spiers

_______________________________________________
INDOLOGY mailing list
INDOLOGY at list.indology.info<mailto:INDOLOGY at list.indology.info>
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology__;!!DZ3fjg!-i6JhWA76VzXB1w1ISkRt2P6-oyvKB1KJbpWMSMHzbPdjlJG36fK4SVDsArggIJsSWBYYGz74DYe83DCfkcQ0uryR8se$

_______________________________________________
INDOLOGY mailing list
INDOLOGY at list.indology.info<mailto:INDOLOGY at list.indology.info>
https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20250724/a3377bea/attachment.htm>