A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s2.46

c8.s2.46

It is evident, that if it was possible to determine the age of the Anukramaṇīs, we should have a terminus ad quem for the Vedic age. The index of the Rig-veda enables us to check almost every syllable of the hymns; and we may safely say that we possess exactly the same number of verses, and words, and syllables in our MSS. of the Rig-veda as existed at the time of Kātyāyana. The index of the Ātreyī-śākhā (by Laugākshi?) authenticates our MSS. not only of the Saṃhitā, but also of the Brāhmaṇa and Āraṇyaka of the Taittirīya-veda, and the index to the Kāṭhaka refers to a work exactly the same as that of which we possess the text in MS. The Ārsheyabrâhmaṇa presupposes the existence of the Gânas of the Sâma-veda, and the Anukramaṇis of the Naigeyas could only have been written after the text of the more modern Ârchika had branched off into different Sâkhâs.