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their ethical interest[1]; and finally some taken because of their historical importance[2]. For the most part, a repetition of the hymns given by Delbrueck and by Boehtlingk in their Chrestomathies has been avoided. The Brāhmana pieces are chosen in such a way as to show the relation of this kind of literature to the hymns on Mantras.
- ↑ Such are various hymns, selections xliii-xiv.
- ↑ Such are the hymns for the dead and the wedding-hymn; likewise selection xxxvii, and selection xxxvi (which contains the Sāvitrī). Selection lxii, is the Maitrāyanī verson of the Hiranya-garbha hymn, Rigveda x. 121, and is given partly in order that those who possess copies of the Rigveda may study the two versions comparatively.
