A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s2.33

c8.s2.33

The second Anukramaṇī of the Yajur-veda which we possess, belongs to the Chārāyaṇīya-śākhā, and is called the Mantrārṣādhyāya.¹ The only copy which we have of it is found in the same MS. which contains the Charaka-śākhā,² and it is evidently intended as an index to this śākhā. Nor is there anything anomalous in this, if we remember that the Chārāyaṇīya-śākhā is a subdivision of the Charaka-śākhā. But what is less intelligible is the title given to the text, which instead of Yajur-veda, is called in the MS. Yajur-veda-kāṭhaka. This title, Kāṭhaka, cannot well refer to the śākhā of the Kaṭhas, for this is itself a subdivision of the Charakas. It must most likely be taken in the same sense in which Kāṭhaka was explained before, i. e. "Kāṭhakamuninā proktam;" though it is strange that the very chapters which in the Āpastambaśâkhâ of the Taittirîyaka are ascribed to Kaṭha, are wanting in our Śâkhâ, while all the other sacrifices which are described in the Taittirîya-saṃhitâ and Brâhmaṇa, are laid down in very much the same order.