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⌊Nuptial ceremonies.—This fourteenth book is the second of the six books (xiii.-xviii.) that form the third grand division of the Atharvan collection, and shows very clearly that unity of subject which is the distinguishing characteristic of the books of that division. The book has been translated by Weber, Indische Studien, vol. v. (1862), pages 178-217; and the parts peculiar to our text by Ludwig in his Der Rigveda, vol. iii. (Die Mantralitteratur), pages 470-476. The bhāṣya is again lacking.⌋

⌊Division into hymns.—This seems to be a matter more or less questionable. By the Berlin edition, and also by that of SPP., the book is in fact divided into two hymns, each of which coincides with an anuvāka, as is the case with books xii. and xiii. The Old Anukr. seems to offer no evidence either for or against the division into hymns.⌋