A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.101

c8.101

It is a matter of considerable interest to know whether this opinion of Haradatta’s, as to the previous existence of a larger number of Vedic works, deserves credit or not. The opponent of the orthodox Kumâ-rila in the Tantra-vârttika remarks very truly, that to invoke the testimony of lost parts of the Veda is like calling a dead person as a witness.¹ And if we had no better authority for this opinion than so late a commentator as Haradatta, we should hardly be justified in mentioning it as an argument. Anybody, however, who is acquainted with the character of Indian commentators, will admit that they seldom