The Aksaratantram A Pratisakhya of Samaveda with Commentary

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The Aksaratantra is one of the Pratisakhyas of the Samaveda, which belongs to its Kauthuma recension and is, in fact, a part of the Samatantra (Prapathaka-s XIV and XV), composed by Audavarji. It is also called because it deals with Aksara or stobha, a syllable or a set of syllables added to a rc (Yonimantra) which forms the basis of the chanting of saman-s (Samagana). A critical edition of the Aksaratantra has been a long desideratum. It is largely fulfilled by the present edition prepared by Dr. Sharma, a serious student of Sanskrit grammar, who has scientifically reconstructed the text on the basis of the available manuscripts and printed versions, with variants listed in the footnotes. The text is accompanied by an exhaustive Introduction, which dilates upon the nature of the Aksaratantra and acquaints the reader with the musical notes (svara-s) in the chanting of saman-s as well as with the Pratisakhyas of the Samaveda with a detailed account of the Aksaratantra and its commentary.About the AuthorDr. Shri Krishna Sharma, the editor of this rare treatise, is working as a Professor in the Institute of Sanskrit & Indological Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has written/edited/compailed 12 titles on different branches of Indic Studies. Besides, he has contributed 35 research papers written in Sanskrit, Hindi and English related to various aspects of Indology to well reputed research journals, felicitation volumes and commemoration volumes. At present he is engaged (jointly) in the preparation and publication of 'A Wordconcordance of Mahabharta', a valuable research tool, to be published in fifteen volumes. He has visited Finland (July 2003), Thailand (May 2006) to present the research papers in World Sanskrit Conferences and other International Conferences on Indology. Twelve research scholars have obtained Ph.D. degree in his supervison.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Appendix Notes on TechnicalTerms List of sutra-s of Aksaratantra in apphabetical order Yonimantra-s used for Saman-s quoted in Vrtti Bibliography