A Vedic Concordance c4.s5.2

c4.s5.2

The elaboration of a reverse concordance.—With the present work serving as a basis, a reverse concordance, that is, one which arranges alphabetically the verse-lines and formulas by their endings rather than by their beginnings, should not prove too difficult an undertaking. I am sure that it will prove a valuable one. A very considerable number of Vedic verse-lines are nearly or wholly alike in their endings, such as ... parame vyoman (or vyomani), or ... sukṛtām u lokam. This matter is discussed once more in another connection below, at page xivᵃ. A reverse concordance would reveal these relations, and would again in its own way present many new uses. It may yet be my own fate to continue the work in this direction; but I claim no special right to the task, and any competent scholar is welcome to undertake it. In that case, however, I hope that he will first communicate with me, in order that we may not uselessly duplicate the same labor.