A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c10.90

c10.90

Traces, however, of earlier and later poems are to be found through the whole collection of the Rig-veda; and many hymns have been singled out by different scholars as betraying a later origin than the rest. All such hymns I refer to the Mantra period, to an age which, though chiefly occupied in collecting and arranging, possessed likewise the power of imitating, and carrying on the traditions of a former age.