Vishnupurana 3.4.13
Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.4.13
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- Sanskrit
3.4.13
tataḥ sa ṛca uddhṛtya ṛgvedaṃ kṛtavān muniḥ
yajūṃṣi ca yajurvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca sāmabhiḥ //
There was but one Yajur-veda; but dividing this into four parts, Vyása instituted the sacrificial rite that is administered by four kinds of priests: in which it was the duty of the Adhwaryu to recite the prayers (Yajush) (or direct the ceremony); of the Hotri, to repeat the hymns (Richas); of the Udgátri, to chaunt other hymns (Sáma); and of the Brahman, to pronounce the formulæ called Atharva. Then the Muni, having collected together the hymns called Richas, compiled the Rigveda; with the prayers and directions termed Yajushas he formed the Yajur-veda; with those called Sáma, Sáma-veda; and with the Atharvas he composed the rules of all the ceremonies suited to kings, and the function of the Brahman agreeably to practice.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Nandipurāṇa — Sanskrit
- Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit