A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s7.27

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⁴ The text was published by A. *Weber* (The White Yajurveda, Part II. The Çatapatha-Brâhmaṇa. Berlin and London, 1855). There is an excellent English translation with important introductions and notes, by Julius Eggeling in five volumes. (SBE, Vols. 12, 26, 41, 43 and 44). The Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa is generally considered as one of the latest Brāhmaṇas; see *Keith*, HOS, Vol. 18, pp. cii f. According to *P. Oltramare* 'L'histoire des idées théosophiques dans l'Inde," I, p. 96, many passages in the Śatapatha-Br. show the trace of the influence of the doctrines of the Upaniṣads. *Wackernagel*, Altind. Grammatik I, p. xxx declares that as to language, the Śatapatha-Br and the Aitareya-Br. too is "comparatively modern," whilst he considers the Pañcaviṃśa-Br. and the Taittirīya-Br. as the most ancient Brāhmaṇas. (For the opposite view, see *Keith*, HOS, Vol. 25, pp. 46 f.). *Oldenberg*, "Zur Geschichte der altindischen Prosa," pp. 20 ff., gives the examples illustrating the "earlier" Brāhmaṇa period from the Taittirīya-Saṃhitā, and those for the "later" period from the Śatapatha-Brāhmaṇa.