Sarvadarshanasangraha 15.92

15.92

te ca mantrā dvividhā vaidikās tāntrikāś ca/ vaidikāś ca dvividhāḥ pragītā apragītāś ca/ tatra pragītāḥ sāmāni/ apragītāś ca dvividhāḥ/ chandobaddhās tadvilakṣaṇāś ca/ tatra prathamā ṛco dvitīyā yajūṃṣi/ tad uktaṃ jaimininā — teṣām ṛg yatrārthavaśena pādavyavasthā/ gītiṣu sāmākhyā/ śeṣe yajuḥśabdaḥ iti/ tantreṣu kāmikakāraṇaprapañcādyāgameṣu ye ye varṇitās te tāntrikāḥ/ te punar mantrās trividhāḥ strīpuṃnapuṃsakabhedāt/ tad āha —

And those mantras are twofold: Vedic and Tantric. And the Vedic are twofold: chanted and unchanted. Among them, the chanted are the Sāman verses. And the unchanted are twofold: composed in metrical verse and distinct from that. Among these, the former are Ṛg verses, the latter are Yajus formulas. That was stated by Jaimini: "Among them, a Ṛg verse is where the division into metrical quarters is governed by meaning; the designation Sāman applies to chanted verses; to the rest, the term Yajus applies." Those which are described in the Tantras, in scriptures such as the Kāmika, Kāraṇa, and Prapañca[sāra], are Tantric. Those mantras again are threefold, by distinction of feminine, masculine, and neuter. Thus he says: