17. The Rig Veda—A Note on the Arrangement of the 
Books. 
By G. R. Kaye. 
It has long been recognised that the arrangement of the 
books of the Ri eda is based upon some arithmetical 
others by having all its hymns addressed to one deity, Soma. 
The ten books contain 1,017 hymns distributed as 
follows :— 
i cil iii ives ow vi vii viii ix x | 
191 43 62 58 87 75 104 92 114 191 
The fact that the numbers of hymns in the first and last 
books are the same has, of course, been noticed, but it should 
also be noted that the sum of the hymns in books v and vil 
(87 + 104) is also 191, and further that the other books arrange 
themselves into two distinct groups. There are thus three 
distinct groups which are exhibited in the following table :— 
| : | | | 
|i 1A wee vii | vil | | * | Totals. | 
| | | | | 
| | | | 
Aj~ | 49] .. | 8 78 | va eee 268 
Bi tos Ma os i | 104 | 114 | 367 | 
oliel .. | . Pe es | Yor e2 | 
191 oes | | | | 
