A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s2.3

v1.c8.s2.3

¹): It is the recension of the Śākalaka-School. Regarding editions of the text, see above, pp. 20f. ²): Besides this there is also a purely *external* division, which takes into consideration only the size, namely into eight Aṣṭakas or "eighths," each of which is divided into eight Adhyāyas or "readings" which in their turn are again divided into smaller vargas or "sections," usually of five verses each. ³): See J. Wackernagel, "Altindische Grammatik" I, pp. xiii ff. on the language of the Ṛgveda.