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Contents of General Introduction, Part II.
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Numeration of successive verses in the mss. | cxxxii |
Groupings of successive verses into units requiring special mention: | cxxxii |
Decad-sūktas or 'decad-hymns' | cxxxii |
Artha-sūktas or 'sense-hymns' | cxxxiii |
Paryāya-sūktas or 'period-hymns' | cxxxiii |
Differences of the Berlin and Bombay numerations in books vii. and xix. | cxxxiv |
Differences of hymn-numeration in the paryāya-books | cxxxiv |
Whitney's criticism of the numbering of the Bombay edition | cxxxvi |
Suggestion of a preferable method of numbering and citing | cxxxvi |
Differences of verse-numeration | cxxxvii |
Summations of hymns and verses at end of divisions | cxxxviii |
The summations quoted from the Pañcapaṭalikā | cxxxviii |
Indication of extent of divisions by reference to an assumed norm | cxxxviii |
Tables of verse-norms assumed by the Pañcapaṭalikā | cxxxix |
The three "grand divisions" are recognized by the Pañcapaṭalikā | cxxxix |
10. Extent and structure of the Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā | cxl–clxi |
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Books xix. and xx. are later additions | cxli |
The two broadest principles of arrangement of books i.–xviii.: | cxlii |
1. Miscellaneity or unity of subject and 2. length of hymn | cxlii |
The three grand divisions (I., II., III.) as based on those principles | cxlii |
The order of the three grand divisions | cxlii |
Principles of arrangement of books within the grand division: | cxlii |
1. Normal length of the hymns for each of the several books | cxliii |
2. The amount of text in each book. Table | cxliii |
Arrangement of the hymns within any given book | cxliii |
Distribution of hymns according to length in divisions I. and II. and III. | cxlvi |
Tables (1 and 2 and 3) for those divisions (see pages cxliv–cxlv) | cxlvi |
Grouping of hymns of book xix. according to length | cxlvi |
Table (number 4) for book xix. | cxlvii |
Summary of the four tables. Table number 5. | cxlvii |
Extent of AV. Saṁhitā about one half of that of RV. | cxlvii |
First grand division (books i.–vii.): short hymns of miscellaneous subjects | cxlvii |
Evidence of fact as to the existence of the verse-norms | cxlviii |
Express testimony of both Anukramaṇīs as to the verse-norms | cxlviii |
One verse is the norm for book vii. | cxlix |
Arrangement of books within the division: | |
1. With reference to the normal length of the hymns | cxlix |
Excursus: on hymn xix. 23, Homage to parts of the Atharva-Veda | cl |
Exceptional character of book vii. | cli |
Book vii. a book of after-gleanings supplementing books i.–vi. | clii |
2. Arrangement of books with reference to amount of text | clii |
Résumé of conclusions as to the arrangement of books i.–vii. | clii |
Departures from the norms by excess | cliii |
Critical significance of those departures | cliii |
Illustrative examples of critical reduction to the norm | cliii |
Arrangement of the hymns within any given book of this division | cliv |