454 ON" THE VE DAS; 



To the second part of this VSda* belongs an 

 Araiiya, divided, like the Sanhita, into lectures 

 (pras'iia), and again subdivided into chapters (anu^ 

 vaca), containing texts, or sections, which are 

 numbered, and in which the syllables have been 

 counted. Here also a division by caridas^ accord- 

 ing to the different subjects, prevails. The six 

 first lectures, and their corresponding can'das, re- 

 late to religious observances. The two next con- 

 stitute three UpanWiads ; or, as they are usually 

 cited, two: one of which is commonly entitled 

 the Taittiriyaca Upanishad; the other is called the 

 Ndrdyana, or, to distinguish it from another be- 

 longing exclusively to the Atliarva'vida, the great 

 (Mdha, or VrVian,) ndrdyana. They are all ad- 

 mitted in collections of theological treatises appen- 

 dant on the Afhamaria; but the last-mentioned is 

 there subdivided into two Upanishads. 



For a further specimen of this Yqjurveda^ I shall 

 only quote the opening of the third and last chap- 

 ter of the Vdruni, or second Taittiriyaca Upani- 

 shad, with the introductory chapter of the first f. 



Bhrigu, the offspring of Varun'a, approached 

 his father, saying, "Venerable [father]! make 

 known to me l37^akine." Varun'a propounded 

 these : namely, food [or body], truth [or life], 

 sight, hearing, mind [or thought], and speech; 



* The Taitlirtya, like other Vcdas, has its Brdhman'a: and 

 frequent quotations from it occur in the commentary on tlie 

 prajers, and in other places. But I have not yet seen a complete 

 copy of this portion of the Indian sacred books. 



t I use several copies of the entire Aranya, with Sancaka's 

 commentary on the Taittiriya Upanishad, and annotations on his 

 gloss by Anandajnya'na: besides separate copies of that, and 

 of the Mah6n&rayana; and a commentary on the Vdruni Upani- 

 shad, entitled Laghu d'/picd. 



