The History of Indian Literature c6.27

c6.27

(*b*) *Bráhmaṇa*, 116–139. The Śatapatha-Bráhmaṇa, 116; its name and extent, 117; relation of the Bráhmaṇa of the Káṇva school to that of the Mádhyamdinas, 117, 118; relation of the several *káṇḍas* to the Saṃhitá and to each other, 118, 119; posteriority of the last five *káṇḍas*, 120; Agnirahasyakáṇḍa, 120, 121; Ashṭádhyáyí-káṇḍa, 121; subjects of study named therein, 121, 122; other data, 122, 123; Aśvamedha-káṇḍa, 124 ff.; Gáthás, 124, 125; position of Janamejaya, 125; of the Páriksḥitíyas, 126; the Áraṇyaka-káṇḍa, 126; the Vṛihad-Áraṇyaka:—Madhukáṇḍa, 127; its name and list of teachers, 128; Yájnavalkíya-káṇḍa, 129; Khila-káṇḍa, 130; the concluding *vaṅśa* of the Śatapatha-Bráhmaṇa, 131; probable northwestern origin of *káṇḍas* vi.–x. of the Śatap. Br., 132; the whole blended together by one arranging hand, 133; teachers mentioned in the Śatap. Br., 133, 134; legends, 134 ff.; relation of these to the Epic legends, 135; position of the Kuru-Pañchálas compared with that of the Páriksḥitas, 136; the Páṇḍavas not mentioned, 137; points of contact with the Sáṃkhya tradition, 137; with Buddhist legend, 138; commentaries on the Śatap. Br., editions, &c., 139.