The History of Indian Literature c8.189

c8.189

⁷¹ The above statements require to be corrected and supplemented in several particulars. The Vaṅśa-Bráhmaṇa was first edited by myself in *I. St.*, iv. 371, ff., afterwards by Burnell with Sáyaṇa's commentary (1873). The Devatádhyáya is not an Anukramaṇí, but only contains some information as to the deities of the different *sámans*, to which a few other short fragments are added. Finally, the Sámavidhána - Bráhmaṇa does not treat of the conversion of *ṛichas* into *sámans*; on the contrary, it is a work similar to the Ṛigvidhána, and relates to the employment of the *sámans* for all sorts of superstitious purposes. Both texts have likewise been edited by Burnell, with Sáyaṇa's commentaries (1873). By Kumárila, too, the number of the Bráhmaṇas of the Sámaveda is given as eight (Müller, *A. S. L.*, p. 348); in his time all of them were already without accents. One fact deserves to be specially noticed here, namely, that several of the teachers mentioned in the Vaṅśa-Bráhmaṇa, by their very names, point us directly to the north-west of India, e.g., Kámboja Aupamanyava, Madragára Śauñgáyani, Sáti Aushṭrákshi, Śálaṃkáyana, and Kauhala; see *I. St.*, iv. 378–380.