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# A Vedic Concordance c3.2

A Vedic Concordance c3.2

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### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c3.2)

| | PAGES |  
| \*\*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 Unpublished texts included | ix |  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 |

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