Dharma in the Atharvaveda
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article proposes that Paippalādasaṁhitā (PS) 19.46.13–15, a tṛca presented in a new critical edition and translated for the first time here, was used in the ritual expiation of murder of family members, probably in a royal context. The guilt is transferred to the didhiṣu-man, an ambiguous figure in Dharma texts. Passages like these in the Atharvaveda could provide a possible answer to Stephanie Jamison’s 2022 Bühler lecture question, ‘What would a Vedic law code look like?’
Author: Spiers, Carmen S.
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7140465485
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