Book six and seven were the last composed books of one half (book 1 to 7) of Atharva Veda while book 19 and 20 were the last composed books of the other half (8 to 20). ![]() The character and composition of book nineteen and twenty reveal that they were composed in the end. Book xx contains excerpts from the Rig-Veda. There are two principles that form the base of the book. Firstly it is the subject unity and secondly it is the length of the hymn. The first can be divided again into short and long hymns. The first seven consists of short hymns. The next five books consist of long hymns. The next possess the subject unity. Unity of subject is clear in books fourteen and eighteen. The hymn division is secondary in books that range from thirteen to eighteen. Hymn division in these books have little critical value. This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com Hindi Songs from Bengali Films by Sandhya Mukhopadhyay |