The History of Indian Literature c8.285

c8.285

In conclusion, I have to notice the two *Anukramaṇís* already mentioned, the one belonging to the Átreya school, the other to the Cháráyaṇíya school of the Káṭhaka. The former¹¹⁷ deals almost exclusively with the contents of the several sections, which it gives in their order. It consists of two parts. The first, which is in prose, is a mere nomenclature; the second, in thirty-four *ślokas*, is little more. It, however, gives a few particulars besides as to the transmission of the text. To it is annexed a commentary upon both parts, which names each section, together with its opening words and extent. The Anukramaṇí of the Káṭhaka enters but little into the contents; it limits itself, on the contrary, to giving the Ṛishis of the various sections as well as of the separate verses; and here, in the case of the pieces taken from the Ṛik, it not unfrequently exhibits considerable divergence from the statements given in the Anukramaṇí of the latter, citing, in particular, a number of entirely new names. According to the concluding statement, it is the work of Atri, who imparted it to Laugákshi.