Atharvaveda (Saunaka) with The Pada-patha and Sayanacarya’s Commentary (In Five Volumes) - Sanskrit Only

DETAILS: 

• Publisher: Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur
  
• Author: Vishva Bandhu
  
• Language: SANSKRIT only
  
• Hardcover: 2690 Pages
  
• Weight : 4100 g 

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Atharvaveda (Saunaka) with the Pada-patha and Sayanacarya’s Commentary (In Five Volumes) is a monumental, text-critical edition of the fourth Veda of the orthodox Hindu canon. Published by premier indological institutions—most notably the Vedic Research Institute (Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute - VVRI)—this definitive five-volume compilation serves as an absolute cornerstone for Sanskrit grammarians, Vedic philologists, and researchers in historical linguistics. The core philosophy of this text centers on uncompromised textual preservation and classical exegesis. By presenting the raw material strictly in the Devanagari script without modern vernacular translations, it preserves the tonal, phonetic, and semantic integrity of the Saunaka Samhita, providing an unfiltered look at ancient Indian liturgical and socio-religious traditions.

The text is organized to provide an extensive, deep layer of study for each mantra. The core Samhita text (the Samhita-patha, where words run together through continuous phonetic connection or Sandhi) is immediately followed by its corresponding Pada-patha (the word-for-word analysis created by ancient grammarians, which separates compounds and restores individual word endings). Below this structural breakdown sits the exhaustive, 14th-century scholastic commentary (Bhasya) of Sayanacarya. Sayana’s commentary breaks down the complex grammatical derivations (Vyakarana), defines rare archaic terms through the lens of Yaska’s Nirukta, and specifies the precise ritual applications (Viniyoga) of each hymn as detailed in the Kausika Sutra and Vaitana Sutra.

Structural Breakdown of the Five Volumes