The History of Indian Literature c8.11

c8.11

∗ This surmise, based upon certain passages in the Atharvan, would certainly be at variance with the name ‘Atharváṅgirasas,’ borne by this Saṃhitá; according to which it would belong, on the contrary, to the most ancient and noble Brahman families. But I have elsewhere advanced the conjecture, that this name was simply assumed in order to impart a greater sanctity to the contents, see *I. St.*, i. 295. [*Zwei vedische Texte über Omina und Portenta*, pp. 346–348.]