Abstract - The articles collected in this volume are the outcome of the 3rd Zurich International Conference on Indian Literature and Philosophy (ZICILP), The Atharvaveda and its South Asian Contexts, held over three days (September 26th–28th) at the University of Zurich in the autumn of 2019. We are extremely grateful to Angelika Malinar for supporting this event with funds granted to her personally by the University of Zurich for the ZICILP series of conferences. We would like to warmly thank everyone who participated in the conference and who thereby contributed to an extremely enjoyable and instructive three days. Our sincere thanks also to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) – and to the Swiss taxpayer – for funding since 2017 the ongoing project ‘Online Edition of the Paippalāda Recension of the Atharvaveda’ ( https://www.atharvaveda-online.uzh.ch/edition ) within the framework of which we were able to host this conference.…