Publication: Breath and the Brahmacārin: A Case of Obscure Inspiration in the Atharvaveda
Breath and the Brahmacārin: A Case of Obscure Inspiration in the Atharvaveda
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Leach, R. (2022). Breath and the Brahmacārin: A Case of Obscure Inspiration in the Atharvaveda. Indo-Iranian Journal, 65(3), 189–226. https://doi.org/10.1163/15728536-06503003
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In this paper I offer a solution to the meaning of the word triṣaptā́ḥ found at the beginning of the Atharvaveda (Śaunaka-Saṁhitā 1.1.1 ~ Paippalāda-Saṁhitā 1.6.1). After a discussion of the many previous attempts to understand the meaning of this term in this particular verse, I propose that triṣaptā́ḥ refers here to ‘three times seven’ breaths, that the speaker of the verse in question is a Brahmacārin, and that the sūkta as a whole is intended to be recited by this figure at his initiation. With these pieces of the puzzle in place,
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Leach, R. (2022). Breath and the Brahmacārin: A Case of Obscure Inspiration in the Atharvaveda. Indo-Iranian Journal, 65(3), 189–226. https://doi.org/10.1163/15728536-06503003
