A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.71

c10.71

either hear or understand them. Only in cases where the Adhvaryu had to speak to other officiating priests, commanding them to perform certain duties¹, he was of course obliged to speak with a loud and distinct voice. All these verses and all the invocations which the Adhvaryus had to use, were collected in the ancient liturgy of the Adhvaryus together with the rules of the sacrifice. In this mixed form they exist in the Taittirîyaka. Afterwards the hymns were collected by themselves, separated from the ceremonial rules, and this collection is what we call the Yajur-veda-sanhitâ, or the prayer-book of the Adhvaryu priests.