A Vedic Concordance c3: Contents
A Vedic Concordance c3
- Language
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Contents
c3.1
PREFACE
c3.2
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| **General plan of the Concordance** | |
| The Concordance is part of a larger scheme | vii |
| Conditions of the problem which the Concordance involves | vii |
| **Primary uses of the Concordance** | |
| 1. It is a comprehensive index of all mantras | vii |
| 2. It registers the variants of mantras not wholly identical | vii |
| **Secondary uses of the Concordance** | |
| 1. It is a key to the liturgical employment of the mantras | viii |
| 2. It is virtually a finding-index of rites and practices | viii |
| 3. It is a tool for future editors of Vedic texts | viii |
| 4. It is a repertory of the most archaic Hindu prose | viii |
| 5. Miscellaneous uses (Vedic schools: grammar: mythology: etc.) | viii |
| **Scope of the Concordance** | |
| 1. Certain published texts not included | ix |
| 2. Unpublished texts included | ix |
| General statement of the number and kind of works included | ix |
| The Concordance rarely reports variants registered in the critical apparatus of a given edited text | x |
| Orthographic details reported or neglected | x |
| Occasional suggestions of emendation | x |
| **Future work complementary to the Concordance** | |
| The working-up of material of texts yet unedited | x |
| The elaboration of a reverse concordance | x |
| **Acknowledgment of obligations** | |
| To the University Press of Oxford | x |
| To pupils and colleagues | x |
c3.3
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