[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878) › c8.167 # The History of Indian Literature c8.167 The History of Indian Literature c8.167 - **Language:** English ### [c8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.167) ⁶³ The term directly opposed to \*śastra\* is, rather, \*stotra\*. \*Pṛishṭha\* specially designates several \*stotras\* belonging to the mid-day sacrifice, and forming, as it is expressed, its "back;" \*uktha\* is originally employed as a synonym of \*śastra\*, and only at a later period in the meaning of \*sáman\* (\*I. St.\*, xiii. 447); \*stoma\*, lastly, is the name for the six, seven, or more ground-forms of the \*stotras\*, after which these latter are formed for the purposes of chanting. The simple recitation of the \*śastras\* by the Hotar and his companions always comes after the chanting recitation of the same verses by the Udgátar and his assistants (\*graháya gṛihítáya stuvate 'tha śaṅsati\*, Śat. viii. 1. 3. 3). The differences of the seven \*saṃsthás\*, or fundamental types of the Soma sacrifice, rest mainly upon the varying number of the \*śastras\* and \*stotras\* belonging to their \*sutyá\* days. See \*I. St.\*, x. 353, ff., ix. 229. - [Previous: c8.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.166) - [Next: c8.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.168) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878.c8.167) · Pramāṇa