ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF
VEDIC STUDIES

Vol. 1 (1995)

Issue 3 (November)

The first one is by P. Koskikallio (Finland) on the enigmatic figure of Baka Daalbhya.
The next one in line is M. Witzel's short version (c. 30 pp.) of a long paper of pp. 160 on the origin of the Kuru state in early Vedic India. This version will contain the gist of the argument.

Also soon to come is a paper by our co-editor Y. Ikari (Kyoto) on the rare school (zaakhaa) of the Vaadhuulas, a subschool of the Taittiriiyas of the Back Yajurveda. They survive, with a few clans only, in the state of Kerala. The paper will deal with his research among the Vaadhuulas and his ongoing work on editing their texts.

Please address all mail to: ejvs-list@shore.net or to: witzel@husc3.harvard.edu or to the individual editors.

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Petteri Koskikallio,
Baka Daalbhya: a Complex Character in Vedic Ritual Texts, Epics and PuraaNas.

Abstract:

This is the first part of a survey of the characters called Daalbhya concentrating on the portrayals of Baka Daalbhya and Kezin Daalbhya in Vedic sources. In addition, I shall take up some less known Vedic figures with the same patronymic. Especially the connections of Daalbhyas with Saamavedic practices and early ritualist groups, like vraatyas and sattrins, comes into the foreground here. My purpose is to follow up this paper later on with a second part that deals with the sage Baka Daalbhya in epic and PuraaNic literature. The second part will also discuss various post-Vedic heron (baka) figures and the asuras called Baka and Kezin. I would be grateful for any comments on the present version.

(The transcription follows the Kyoto Harvard system with a few self-explanatory exeptions due to capitalizing personal names.)

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  2. Other Daalbhyas

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