460 ON THE VL'D AS, 



Under the title of A r shay a Brahman a, I have 

 found what seems to be an index of these two 

 portions of the Samavkda. For the names of the 

 passages, or sometimes the initial words, are there 

 enumerated in the same order, in which they oc- 

 cur in the Grama gtya, or A'rchica, followed by 

 the A'ranya gana. This index does not, like the 

 explanatory tables of the other Vedas, specify the 

 metre of each prayer, the deity addressed in it, 

 and the occasion on whrch it should be used ; but 

 only the Rlski, or author : and, from the variety 

 of names stated in some instances, a conclusion 

 may be drawn, that the same texts are ascribable 

 to more than one author. 



It has been already hinted, that the modes of 

 chanting the same prayers are various, and bear 

 different appellations. Thus, the rituals frequently 

 direct certain texts of this VSda to be first recited 

 simply, in a low voice, according to the usual 

 mode of inaudible utterance of the VSdas ; aiid then 

 to be similarly chanted, in a particular manner, 

 under the designation of A'jxhica gana ; showing, 

 however, divers variations and exceptions from 

 that mode, under the distinct appellation of Ani- 

 rue t a' gana*. So, likewise, or nearly the same 

 passages, which are contained in the A'rchica and 

 Gramaghja, are arranged in a different order, with 

 further variations as to the mode of chanting them, 

 in another collection named the Uha gana. 



From the comparison and examination of these 

 parts of the Samaveda, in which, so far as the col- 

 lation of them has been carried, the texts appear 



* The ritual, which is the chief authority for this remark, is 

 one by Sayan' A'char'ya, entitled Yajnyatantra Sud'hdni- 



d'hi. 



