162 H. Oertel, 



1. urdhvah : Speijer, Sanskrit Syntax, ^ 243, p. 187; Delbriick, 

 Altindische Syntax, § 48, p. 78-79. 



5. sa yadi etc. : the table on p. 161 shows the agreement and 

 discrepancies of the different parallel texts in detail. 



10. 9lrne va bharam : the reading garam in the very close parallel 

 of QB. xi. 5. 8. 6 is so problematic an improvement, as far as the 

 sense of the passage is concerned, that I have retained the reading 

 of A and D (though bharam would be preferable). The compar- 

 isons in the other texts are less close, cf. the note to JUB. iii. 17. 3. 



//. Ceremonies connected ivith the Atiratra-sacrifxce. The race of the 

 gods for the acvina-castra. The marriage of Prajapati's daughter. 



(JB. i. 208-213.J 



1 . Text. 



JB. i. 208. 1 ahnoi sura nutta^ ratrim^ pravicans^ te deva etani 

 samany'' apagyann*^ etan" paryayaiis^ tair enan anvabhyavayans ^ tan'^ 

 paryayena^^ 'ghnan.^2 2. yat^s paryayam aghnans tat paryayanaih 

 paryayatvam. paryayam eva dvisantaiii bhratrvyaiii hanti ya evaiii 

 veda. 3. ye prathamaratrena channa asans tan prathamena parya- 

 yena 'ghnan. yat prathamasya paryayasya prathamani padani pu- 

 naradlni bhavanti ye prathamaratrena channa bhavanti tan eva tena 

 ghnanti. 4. ye madhj^aratrena channa asans tan madhyamena parya- 

 yena 'ghnan. yan madhyamasya paryayasya madhyamani padani 

 punaradini bhavanti ye madhyaratrena^'i channa bhavanti tan eva 

 tena ghnanti. 5. ya uttamaratrena channa asans tan uttamena parya- 

 yena 'ghnan. yad uttamasya paryayasyo 'ttamani padani punaradini 

 bhavanti ya uttamaratrena i^ channa bhavanti tan eva tena ghnanti. 

 6. pvmarabhighatam 1*^ vavai^'^ 'nans is tad aghnan. yatha vai hatva 



1 A.D. iilio, B.C. anlio -- B.C. -a ^ ^.C. -ih 



* All mss. pra- » A.D. -ni ^ A.D. pacj- ' B.C. -at 



* A.D. -yaiiis, B.C. -yas " D. an-, B.C. anvaliya- 

 '0 A. inserts prathamena i' B.C.D. paryyayam 

 ^- B.C. aglmanan 



1* From here on tliere are a considerable number of patent transpo- 

 sitions, omissions, and repetitions in the mss. which I have not thought 

 it worth while to report. 



^* D. madhyamara-, this is also the reading of TMB. ix. 1. 16 and 

 KS. xvii. 8. »5 A.D. parariitrena, B.C. var-. '" B.C. -api- 



1' B. vave, B.C. vavai, D. vave. is a.B.C. nas 



