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3. Maud. Viswamitra. Asht. II. 8, 13 to III. 4, 11—5 Anuv. 62 

 sukt. (anuv. 5, sukt. 1 — 3 — are ascribed to Prajdpati, the son of Viswa- 

 mitra, or of Vak (goddess of speech.) 



4. Mand. Vamadeva. Asht. III. 4, 12 to 5, 11.— 5 Anuv. 57 

 sukt. 



5. Mand. Atri and Rishi of his tribe. Asht. III. 8, 12 to IV. 4, 

 34 — 6 Anuv. 79 sukt. 



6. Mand. Bharadwaja. Asht. IV. 4, 39 to V. 1, 21—6 Anuv. 75 

 sukt. 



7. Mand. Vasishtha. Asht. V. 1, 23 to 7, 9—6 Anuv. 104 

 sukt. (Kumara, son of Agni or Vasishtha, is the author of anuv. 6 

 sukt. 12 to 13). 



8. Mand. Asht. V. 7, 10 to VI. 7, 15— 10 anuv. 101 sukt. This 

 was before mentioned under the name of Pragathas, according to the 

 commentators a hymn, of which the uneven verses are bhrati, the even 

 verses sato-brhati, that is to say, a hymn composed of verses of four 

 lines, and of which the first line contains two padas of 8 syllables each, 

 while the second, third and fourth lines are composed of a pada of 12, 

 and another pada of 8 syllables. As this Mandala commences with a 

 Pragatha of the kind, which is ascribed to. Pragatha, the son of Kanwa, 

 and moreover contains some other hymns of the same Rishi, the name 

 is probably a quibble on the two meanings of the word. The greater 

 number of the Rishis belong to the family of Kanwa. 



9. Mand. Asht. VI. 7, 15, to VII. 5, 28— 7 anuv. 114 sukt. The 

 Pavamanyas (probably richas) or according to the commentary of the 

 Anukramanika pavamanan saumyan mandalam, hymns of purification. 

 — The hymns of this book, for the greater part ascribed to the Agira- 

 sides, refer without exception to the extracting and purification of the 

 juice of the Soma-plant. 



10. Mand. Asht. VII. 5, 29 to the end. The Kshudrasuktas and 

 Malmsuktas, 12 anuv. and 192 suktas. 



The name of the 9th Mandala, is found in Yaskas Nir, X. 2, tasya 

 pavamanishn nidarsanayoda harishyama ; i| "to prove this we shall take 

 an example from the pavamanyas ;" he then gives the quotation from 

 the 9th Mandala. 



There is in this Veda something quite peculiar which is in connexion 

 with the division above mentioned, and which to a certain degree may 



