OR SACRED WRITINGS OF THE HINDUS. S85 



seem, of Ya'jnyawalcya himself: for the Veda 

 declares, ' these pure texts, revealed by the sun, 

 are pubhshed by Ya'jnyawalcya, the offspring of 

 Va'jasani*.' But, according to the Vishnu pu- 

 rdn'a (3. 5. ad finem), the priests, who studied the 

 Yajushy are called Vqjins, because the sun, who 

 revealed it, assumed the form of a Horse (Vajin). 



I have cited this absurd legend, because it is re- 

 ferred to by the commentators on the white Yajush. 

 But I have yet found no allusion to it in the Veda 

 itself, nor in the explanatory table of contents. 

 On the contrary, the index of the black Yajush 

 o:ives a different and more rational account. Vai- 

 s ampa'yana, according to this authority f, taught 

 the Yajurveda to Ya'sca, who instructed Tittiri f : 

 from him Uc'ha received it, and communicated it 

 to A'tre'ya: who framed the 'Sac ha, which is 

 named after him ; and for which that Index is ar- 

 ranged. 



The white Yajush was taught by Ya'jnyawal- 

 cya to fifteen pupils, who founded as many schools. 

 The most remarkable of which are the 'Sdc'hds of 

 Canwa and Madhyandina; and, next to them, 

 those of the Jdbdlas, Baudlidyanas, and Tdpamyas. 

 The other branches of the Yajush seem to have 



* Vrihad Aranyaca ad calceni. The passage is cited by the 

 commentator on the Rigveda. In tlie index hkewise, Ya'jnya- 

 walcya is stated to have received the revelation from the sun. 



t Cdnd'dnucrama, verse 25. This index indicatorius is formed 

 for the ^Atreyi S'dc'M. Its author is Cun'dina, if the text 

 (verse 27) be rigiitly interpreted. 



X This agrees with the etymology of the word TaittirU/a ; for, 

 according to grammarians (see Pdnini 4. iii. 102), the derivative 

 here implies * recited by Tittiri, though composed by a different 

 person.' A similar explanation is given by commentators on the 

 Upanishads. 



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