384 ON THE ve'das, 



so, he is the same with Ya'sca. His school seems 

 to have been subdivided by the formation of three 

 others derived from his disciples. 



The Yqjush, or Ad'hwaryu, consists of two dif- 

 ferent Vedas, which have separately branched out 

 into various ^Sachas. To explain the names, by 

 which both are distinguished, it is necessary to 

 notice a legend, which is gravely related in the 

 Purdn'as, and in the commentaries on the VMa. 



The Yqjush, in its original form, was at first 

 taught by Vais'a3ipa'yana, to twenty-seven pu- 

 pils. At this time, having instructed Ya'jxya- 

 WALCYA, he appointed him to teach the Veda to 

 other disciples. Being afterwards offended by the 

 refusal of Ya'jnyav/alcya to take on himself a 

 share of the sin incm-red by Vais'aj,ipa'yana, 

 who had unintentionally killed his own sister's 

 son, the resentful preceptor bade Ya'jnyawalcya 

 relinquish the science, which he had learnt*. He 

 instantly disgorged it in a tangible form. The 

 rest of Vais'a MP a'y ana's disciples, receiving his 

 commands to pick up the disgorged Vida, as- 

 sumed the form of partridges, and swallowed these 

 texts which were soiled, and, for this reason, 

 termed " black :" they are also denominated Tait- 

 tiriya, from tittiri, the name for a partridge. 



Ya'jnyawalcya, overwhelmed with sorrow, 

 had recourse to the sun ; and, through the favour 

 of that luminary, obtained a new revelation of the 

 Yqjush ; which is called " white," or pure, in con- 

 tradistinction to the other, and is likewise named 

 Vqjasaneyi, from a patronymick, as it should 



* The Vishnu pur/m'n, part 3, chap. 5. A different motive 

 of resentment is assigned by others. 

 2 



