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‘Yue first stanzas:in Sloca Vrittam of the Bhdeavatam, 
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Naimishe ‘ntmisha ssheere = Wish; yah’ saiinde’ adayah, 
“Sattram swareayd locdya—S ihisram-sémim asita, 
Tutcada* tii mindya—Pratar hilta hit’ agniyah, f 
NSalert,tam ‘siztdm' a’sinam—P apr achch,hér idam adarat.. 
Finatty to demonstrate that the works which I have designated by the 
term Pseudo-Vé das, deserve that name, all that is now necessary is to 
make a few extracts from the genuine Védas, sufficient to. shew their 
general style, and in what it differs from that of the Puranas and of 
these manuscripts. Tn doing this I shall, to prove that the remarks I 
have made on this subject are correct, state minutely the arrangement, 
subdivision, and style of a portion of the Védas, and that which has 
been selected for the, purpose, and which is now before me, is the collecs 
tion of hymns belonging to the Rig Vedam called Pavamdnam. 
Tus Mantras of the Pavamdna Siéctam,+ or collection of hymns to 
the god of the winds, are recited at the commencement of the Agnish« 
toma, or primary sacrifice, which must be performed before any other 
rite of this description can be undertake en.—This collection consists of 
* 'Turs is another instance of the occurrence of an unusual species in the first Jine. 
+ Sucram, which may be translated hymn, like Mantram, Brémanam, &c. varies in its use: it is 
applied to the whole of the Pavamdnam, to each of the chapters, and to one or a number of consecu- 
tive Ch,handas relating to one subject. 
