Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.390

v1.c3.390

Anvā-khyāna.—From the literal translation (‘after-story’) the meaning of ‘supplementary narrative’ seems to follow. In two¹ of its three occurrences in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa this sense is hardly felt, the expression being used to indicate a subsequent portion of the book itself. But in the third² passage it is distinguished from the Itihāsa (‘story’) proper, and there must mean ‘supplementary narrative.’ *Cf.* Anuvyākhyāna.