Katyayanas Sarvanvkramani of Rigveda

SR No.: 020440
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A A Macdonell
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Year: 1886
Total Pages: 254
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 12 MB

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PREFACE.
is stated to have 36 verses, whereas it has 26. The grand total of verses in the Sakala recension of the Rigveda resulting from the addition of the totals for each mandala is thus 10442, which is the exact sum I obtain by adding up the aggregates of each metre, whereas the same calculation for the aggregates of the Khandahsankhya produces only 104021. Dayananda Sarasvati, though his totals for each would give only 10521, states the grand total to be 10589. My total by counting the dvipadâs (127) twice would be 10569, only eleven less than the figure of the Anuvâkânukramani. I think it is not at all improbable that the apparent inconsistencies 3 in the numerical statements of this ancient index will be removed by taking into consideration all the verses of the Rigveda which are repeated. If this should prove to be the case, it will indeed be one of the most remarkable facts in the history of literature that a people should have preserved its sacred book without adding or substracting a single word for 2300 years, and that too chiefly by means of oral tradition. The subjoined table shows the distribution of the
metres in detail :Mand. G. U. A. B. P. T. G. Atig. S. Atis. A. Aty, D. Atidh. Dv. Ek. B.Pr. K.Pr. M.Pr. Total I. 472 21 117 5 61 742 356 .. .. 5 4 80 1 1
31. 31 ..
80 80 ..
.. . 1976 II. 37 . 14 1 . 230* 142 .. .. 4 I .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
429 III. 104 10 27 19 2 399 50 ..
617 IV. 119° 21 27 . .. 403 ° 33 1 18 .. I .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 589°
V. 79199 155 6 54 2840 103 II 111 .. . .. .. .. 4 3 4 4 .. 72715 VI. 137 9 45 14 5 478 3994 I 615 VII. 61 1 44 4 1 586 39 . I
841 VIII. 73318 228 11219 8920 3321 81 65 3 7 .. .. .. .. .. 13 . 18822 84 .. 163623 IX. 600 42 55 10 20 149 166 ... ..
27 . 22 14 X. 108 12 260 32 72 901 351 . 4 .. .. .. .. .. 9 I 4 .. .. 1754 Total 2450 344 856 180 248 4253 1344 16 20 10 6 83 2 1 1276 388 106 2 10442
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1 See the table in A. S. L., p. 222; cp. Ind. Stud., vol. viii, p. 51. See comm. on Introd. to Sarv., § 12, 10.
3 See A. S.L., p. 222. Khandon. 229.
Kh. 143. Kh. 120. Xh. 1. $ The total of the Kh.is 588,402 T., 2 S., and no ekapada. The explanation is that a trishtubh and the following ekapadà are here considered a sakvari. It is the same in mandalas V and VI.
. Omitted in Kh. 19 Kh.281. 11 Kh. 5. 19 None Kh. 19 Kh. 724. See note 8. 14 KR. 40. 15 Kh.7. 16 None Kh. 17 Kh.764. 18 Kh.717. 19 Kk. 104. The difference in these cases is exactly made up for by 8 anushtummukhas (-8 an. and 16 gây.), (cp. Sarv. Introd., $ 11, 6), which, though not mentioned in the Kh. Sankhya, are given in the Sarv. VIII, 68 and 74.
20 Kh.93.21 Kh.35.2 Kh.19 (= 38). 23 Dayan. Sarasv. 1726. 2 Dayan. Sarasv. 1097.