The History of Indian Literature c8.444

c8.444

The Bráhmaṇa-stage is but very feebly represented in the Atharvaveda, viz., by the *Gopatha-Bráhmaṇa*, which, in the manuscript with which I am acquainted (E. I. H., 2142), comprises a *púrva*- and an *uttara*-portion, each containing five *prapáṭhakas*; the MS., however, breaks off with the beginning of a sixth (*i.e.*, the eleventh) *prapá-*