10 The most ancient Grammar of the Vedas. [Jan. 



>\aial)liakti, and on this he quotes a passage of the first Praticakhya. 

 In the third also they really bear this denomination (II. 9, &c.) And 

 i f w e have assigned that denomination to two of these books by external 

 evidence, the identity of the contents and of the posterior title will be 

 of sufficient proof with regard to the third. 



At last, what concerns the schools to which we have to assign 

 these writings, the school of the Madyhandina, is pointed out for the 

 second Praticakhya, from which originated an edition of the Yajurveda, 

 as well as of the Yag'asaneya Sanhita, and especially one of catapatha 

 Brahmana. At the conclusion of the book it is ascribed to Katyayana, 

 with the words : " eva svarasarkarayo : Pratishshapayita Bhagavan 

 Katyayana ida castrom aha." 



Not merely the Sutras of the Yajurveda, and according to some, the 

 Anukramani of Rik, are said to originate from this Katyayana, but also 

 especially the Vagasaneya Sanhita, which latter are particularly pointed 

 out in the manuscripts (to B. No. 965, E. I. H.) that they are those 

 of the Madhyandina. 



In the introduction by Uvata to Pratic. II. fol. 41. b. as well as 

 by Shadgurucishya in his Vedadipa, the introduction to the comment 

 of the Anukramani (after an Oxford MS. fol. 6. a.) the first Prati- 

 cakhya is ascribed to Caunaka, on whose shoulders many other books are 

 thrown, for example the already mentioned Brihaddevata, a book with 

 the title of Rigvidhana (about the application of the hymns of Rig to 

 various purposes) which is yet extant ; a Padavidhana, the fourth book 

 of Aitareya Aranyaka and several other writings on ceremonies. The 

 ahovementioned introduction of the first Praticakhya originates without 

 doubt from Uvata ; after Caunaka is pointed out as the originator 

 of the Parshada, and the author has expressed his intention to 

 explain the same ; he continues with the following verses, which I 

 here write down, since their explanation may be doubtful : Champaya 

 oyavasatpurva Vatsanakulam : riddhimat : Yasmin dviga-varagata bhah- 

 vrieaparagottamaDevamitra iti khyatas tasmingato mahamati sachaisha 

 ].;ir>hada-creshtha: sutas tasya Mahatmana Namna tu Vishnuputra 

 sa kmm.ra iti cashyate teneja jog'ita vritti, sakpshipta parshade sphuta 

 Parigrihnantu viprendra ; supasanna ima mama : agnanad yad ayukta 

 tad rigu-kritya grihjata. In Campa there lived a noble race of the 

 Vatsai, from whom Devamitra descended, whose son Vishnuputra is 



