A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c5.2

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Character of the Gṛihya sacrifices . . . . . 204 The Sâmayâchârika, or Dharma-sûtras . . . . 206 Their modern date . . . . . . . 206 The Four Castes, the degradation of the Śûdras . . 207 The Ten Sûtras of the Sâma-veda . . . . . 209 The Sixth Vedânga, Jyotisha, or Astronomy. . . . 210 No Work on Astronomy written in Sûtras . . . 211 The metrical Jyotisha . . . . . . . 211 Astronomical elements in the Hymns, Brâhmaṇas, and Sûtras . . . . . . . . 212 General character of the Vedângas . . . . . 214 Their practical object . . . . . . . 214 Their Authors do not claim to be inspired . . . 214 Their peculiar style . . . . . . . 214 Their position as intermediate between the Vedic and non-Vedic literature . . . . . . . 215 How to fix their date . . . . . . . 215 The Works ascribed to Śaunaka and his School . . 215 Kâtyâyana’s Sarvânukrama to the Rig-veda . . . 216 Five previous Anukramaṇîs, ascribed to Śaunaka . . 216 Their style . . . . . . . . 217 The Bṛihaddevatâ and its Authors . . . . . 218 Number of Hymns, Verses, and Words, according to different Anukramaṇîs . . . . . . . 219 The three Anukramaṇîs of the Yajur-veda . . . 222 The Anukramaṇîs of the Sâma-veda; two classes . . 226 The Bṛihatsarvânukramaṇî to the Âtharvaṇa . . . 228 How to fix the age of Śaunaka and Kâtyâyana as Authors of the Anukramaṇîs . . . . . . 229 The peculiarities of style in Śaunaka and Kâtyâyana . 229 Shaḍguruśishya’s account of Śaunaka and his Pupils . 230 Their Works . . . . . . . . 233 Five generations of Teachers . . . . . 239 Kâtyâyana, the same as Vararuchi . . . . 239 Somadeva’s account of Kâtyâyana and Pâṇini . . 240 Indian tradition places Kâtyâyana and Pâṇini contemporaneous with King Nanda . . . . . 242 Nanda, the successor of Chandragupta, the contemporary of Alexander . . . . . . . 242 Date of Kâtyâyana in the second half of the Fourth Century, B.C. . . . . . . . . 243