A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s2.41
A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s2.41
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But while the existence of an Ârsheya-brâhmaṇa shows that the Chhandogas were the first to compose an index to their sacred literature, we find that their regular Anukramaṇîs are more modern than those of the Rig-veda, and must be referred to a class of works known by the name of Pariśiṣṭas. They are contained in MS. Bodl. Wilson 466, where they form the fifth and sixth of the twenty Pariśiṣṭas attached to the Sâma-veda. Their title is, “Naigeyânâm rikshv ârsham,” and “Naigeyânâm rikshu daivatam,” and they give respectively the names of the poets and the deities for the verses composing the Ârchika of the Chhandogas according to the Śâkhâ