History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.66

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¹¹⁷² A recently published work by D. J. Hoens (pp. 1-197, S Gravenhage, 1951) on 'Śānti' deals at some length only with śāntis in the Saṁhitās, Brāhmaṇas and Śrautasūtras. According to Keśava's Paddhati on Kauśika-sūtra (I 8, Bloomfield's ed. p. 307) and Sāyaṇa in his Intro. to Atharvaveda there were five Kalpas of the Atharvaveda mentioned by (an ancient commentator) Upavarṣa in his commentary on Jaimini I. 3. 11-14 called Kalpasūtrādhikaraṇa viz नक्षत्रकल्प, वितानकल्प, संहितानकल्प, आङ्गिरसकल्प, and शान्तिकल्प सायण says (Muradabad edition of samvat 1986) 'शान्तिकल्पेपि प्रथमं वैनायकग्रहगृहीतलक्षणाानि तच्छान्तये सम्भाराहरणम्, अभिषेकवैनायकहोमाः, तत्पूजा-विधानम्, आदित्यादिनवग्रहयज्ञादिकमिति। (p 81, and p. 28 of Pandit's ed.), अथर्व परिशिष्ट XLIX (चरणव्यूह p. 337, 4 7). Vide JAOS vol XI. p. 376-378 for the Kalpas of the Atharvaveda. The ब्रह्माण्डपुराण II 35 61-62 states 'नक्षत्र-कल्पो वैतानस्तृतीयो संहिताविधिः । चतुर्थोऽङ्गिरसः कल्पः शान्तिकल्पश्च पञ्चमः । श्रेष्ठा स्तथर्वाणामेते संहितानां विकल्पकाः ॥. The same verses occur in वायुपुराण 61. 54; compare also विष्णुपु० III. 6 13-14