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Contents
- The ten Mandalas and the Samhita. Pp. 249-270. The Soma book P. 8. 250. The Pragatha book P. 8. 254. The first book and its second part P. 257. The Samhita from I to IX P. 263. The supplements P. 8. 264.
Chapter Three. The Rik text and the text of the younger Samhitas and the Brahmanas. Pages. 271-369.
Preface P. 271. - The Sama Veda P. 273. - The Yajur Vedas P. 290. Relationship between Samhita and Brahmana in the black and white Yajur Veda P. 290. The Samhita of the sacrifices and the Saiphita of the Agni placement P. 294. Relationship of text recensions in the Agni Samhita P. 297. The same in the sacrificial Samhita P. 316. - The Atharva Veda P. 320. - Several Vedas alongside each other P. 325. - Constancy of the Rik text P. 328. - Decreasing freedom in the treatment of the text in later parts of the Samhitas P. 335. - Hymn sections of the Yajur Veda P. 336. Yajyavakyas P. 337. Saman text form in the Yajur Vedas P. 313. - Atharva Veda XX P. 8. 346.
The Rik text and the Brahmanas. P. 350-369. Brahmanas of the Rigveda P. 350. The same of the other Vedas P. 368.
Chapter Four. Orthoepic Diacritical Marks. Pages. 370-489.
Age of Diacritical Marks P. 370. Orthoepy during the Brahmana period P. 372. Time of Sâkalya P. 380. Relationship between Samhitapatha and Padapatha P. 381.
The Abhinihita Sandhi. P. 389-393.
Length of the final vowel in the Saiphita text compared to the shortness of the Padatext P. 393-423. Verse endings P. 397. Second syllable P. 400. Third syllable P. 405. Fourth syllable P. 408. "sma" and "sma" P. 412. Fifth syllable P. 416. Seventh syllable P. 419. Pada beginnings P. 420. Subsequent adjustments among different Saiphitas P. 422.
Ending "n" (or ή). P. 424-434.
Hiatus and Contraction. P. 434-447. Distinguishing cases of Hiatus and Contraction P. 439. - Nominatives ending in -ar and -an? P. 445.
"e," "o" (as) before vowels. P. 447-465. "sa" and "saķ" P. 462. Vowel before a vowel. Nasalized closing vowel. P. 465-472.
Tighter and looser word connections. P. 472-476.
Incorrectly placed roots. P. 476-482.
Accentuation. P. 482-489.
Chapter Five. The Sakala and Vâslikala Sâkhâ. Pages. 490-512.
The Sâkhâs of the Rigveda P. 490. Age of Sâkhâ divisions P. 491. Deviations of the Vâshkalasâkhâ P. 494.
Counting of verses and Vargas. P. 498.
Texts listed in the Brihaddevatä and the Rigvidhana P. 503. The Mahanâmnyas P. 509.
Verses not decomposed in the Padapatha P. 510.
Chapter Six. The Rik Text and the Sutra Literature. Pages. 513-535.
Âçvalàyana and Sâùkhâyana P. 513. The sacrificial Rigveda recension P. 518. Citations in the Sutras of other Vedas P. 530. Yaska P. 531. Sâyana P. 534.
