Arshanukramani source and Brihad devata?

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Does anyone know the name of the book that contains the

Arshanukramani (Index of seers) of the RigVeda and who the publisher

is? I asked Motilal and Munshriram for the Anukramani and they didn't

seem to have it.

 

Also, what is the subject matter of the Brihad Devata?

 

Thanks,

 

Michael

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Please see below:

 

INDOLOGY, michael_donne wrote:

> Does anyone know the name of the book that contains the

> Arshanukramani (Index of seers) of the RigVeda and who the publisher

> is?

VA: The Arshanukramani of Shaunaka was first published by Raja

Rajendralala Mitra in 1800's and a reprint of the same was published

recently. Here is the bibliographic references -

 

Umesh Chandra Sharma;The Arsanukramani of Saunaka; Viveka

Publications; Aligarh; 1982

This index is virtually identical with the Rishi ascriptions in the

Sarvanukramani of Katyayana. Of the 1028 hymns in the Rigveda,

probably 3-4 have different names in the two indices.

 

> Also, what is the subject matter of the Brihad Devata?

>

 

VA: The Brhaddevata is primarily an index of the Devata (= deity or

subject matter of entity/person to whom the verse is addressed) of all

the verses/hymns of the Rigveda. Here and there, certain legends

associated with various verses are also included, together with some

other sundry information. The latest (critical) edition of this work

is

 

Muneo Tokunaga;The Brhaddevata; Rinsen Book Co.; Kyoto (Japan); 1997

 

An easily accessible edition is by Macdonell, (originally under

Harvard Oriental Series) which has been reprinted by Motilal

Banarsidass.

A very good Hindi tanslation of the work (based on Macdonell's

edition) has been published by Chauakhamba Orientalia.

 

You need to refer to any standard edition of the Rigveda (basic tex)

and prefixed to each hymn, you will find the core information

contained in the Brhaddevata and the Arshanukramani of Shaunaka.

 

A suggested edition of RV is the one published by Satavalekar

(Swadhyaya Mandala) or the one published by the Vaidik Samsodhana

Mandala - both have been checked/corrected by oral reciters of RV.

Hope this infirmation helps.

 

Regards

 

Vishal

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Thanks, Vishal!

 

> This index is virtually identical with the Rishi ascriptions in the

> Sarvanukramani of Katyayana.

 

Do you have publisher information on the Sarvanukramani also? Is it

considered slightly more authoritative?

 

Are there any other source texts like these and the Brihad Devata

that are considered useful?

 

What about for the other Samhitas?

 

Regards,

 

Michael

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INDOLOGY, michael_donne wrote:

> Do you have publisher information on the Sarvanukramani also?

 

VA: You may refer the following editions -

 

SATAVALEKAR, Brahmarshi Damodar. 1982. Rgvedasamhita. Svadhyaya

Mandala. Paradi, Balasada (Gujarat)

[This has the text of the Sarvananukramani and some other indices

like Anuvakanukramani appended to it]

 

SHARMA, Umesh Chandra. 1977. Rgveda-Sarvanukramani of Katyayana and

Anuvakanukramani of Saunaka. Viveka Publications. Aligarh

 

MACDONELL, A. A.; 1886. Katyayana's Sarvanukramani of the Rigveda,

with extracts from Shadgurushishya's commentary entitled

Vedarthadipika. Clarendon Press. Oxford

 

There a few other editions, so if none of the above is accessible to

you, let me know and I will post more references.

 

For Rishis, you will find the following works most useful

 

RAHURKAR, V.G. 1964. The Seers of the Rgveda. University of Poona.

Poona

 

RAHURKAR, V.G. 1982. The Vedic Priests of the Fire-Cult. Viveka

Publications. Aligarh

 

RAJA, C. Kunhan. 1931. The Taittiriya Sarvanukramani of Yaska.; pp.

215-222 in `The Journal of Oriental Research, vol. V.1. Madras

 

_______. 1963. Poet Philosophers of the Rgveda. Ganesh & Co. Private

Ltd.; Madras

 

SARMAH, Thaneswar. 1991. The Bharadvajas in Ancient India. Motilal

Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. Delhi

 

SHARMA, Umesh Chandra. 1975. The Visvamitras and the Vasisthas: An

exhaustive historical study, Vedic and Post-Vedic. Viveka

Publications. Aligarh.

 

 

>Is it considered slightly more authoritative?

 

VA: I am not aware of any such preference of K's Sarvanukramani over

Anukramanis of Shaunaka because tradition states that K merely

combined a few of the Anukramanis of Shaunaka to write his own work.

However, the Arshanukramani is less known compared to the

Sarvanukramani. The original Devatanukramani is considered lost

(unless the 3 manuscript citations in Malabar are genuine copies of

this work).

 

> Are there any other source texts like these and the Brihad Devata

> that are considered useful?

 

VA: Quite a few. Shaunaka is said to have authored approximately 10

Anukramanis. Some references -

 

Narahari, H. G. 1977. Padavidhana of Saunaka with an Anyonymous

Commentary Entitled the Padavidhanabhashya. The Adyar Library. Adyar

 

VIDYAVARIDHI, Vijayapala. 1979. Venkata-Madhava Rgvedanukramani:

Hindi-vyakhya sahita. Ramalal Kapoor Trust. Sonepat (Haryana)

 

The Chhandasamkhya is contained in Macdonell's edition listed above.

The Chhando'anukramani is also published in an edition by Umesh

Chandra Sharma.

 

> What about for the other Samhitas?

 

VA: Please see the following works -

 

SEHGAL, S. R. 1966. Naigeyasakhanukramani. Munshiram Manoharlal.

Delhi (belongs to the Samaveda)

Please also refer various editions of the Arsheya Brahmana etc.

 

VIRA, Raghu. 1932. The Chandonukramani of the Maitrayani Samhita.

In `Journal of the Royal Asiatic Soceity, July 1932. (Republished

in `Vedic Studies – A Collection of Papers of Prof. Dr. Raghu Vira.

Sata-pitaka Series, vol. 272. Delhi. 1981)

 

VISHVA BANDHU et al. 1966. Atharvavediya-Brhatsarvanukramanika.

Vishveshvaranand Institute. Hoshiarpur

[There are atleast 3 editions of this work but this is the best]

 

For Suklayajurveda Sarvanukramani, there are 2 main editions (and

several others).

1. One by Satavalekara (publ. by Swadhyaya Mandala). This is rare.

2. The Index is also appended at the end of MLBD's edition of

Madhyandina Samhita (published with the commentaries of Uvata and

Mahidhara)

 

Charayaniya Mantrarshadhyaya, 1929. Dayanand Sanskrit College. Lahore

University

[The name of the editors, viz. Bhagavad Datta and Vishvabandhu

Shastri, were left out inadvertently but are known from tradition of

scholars]

 

In general, for such kind of information, you must refer the

following excellent bibliographic work -

 

PARAMESWARA AITHAL, K.. 1993. Veda-Laksana, Vedic Ancillary

Literature: A Descriptive Bibliography. MLBD. Delhi

 

Regards

 

Vishal Agarwal

 

PS: Most of the above information is extracted from Mr. Talageri's

forthcoming response to EJVS 7.2 I shall post the URL whenever it is

available on-line. He sent a copy of it to me today very kindly, with

permission to quote from it.

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much. Actually, I was looking for these sources to

research Talgeri's claims after the reading the first few chapters.

 

But then I read more, and was not impressed with his cut-and-paste

approach to the Anukramanis where he decides on his own to edit them

with his own opinions. I'm afraid if that is his approach, I won't be

able to trust his conclusions.

 

We already have two conflicting traditions: ancient Vedic and modern,

we don't need a third Talageri tradition. But I do look forward to

his response.

 

Namaste,

 

Michael

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INDOLOGY, michael_donne wrote:

 

> Do you have publisher information on the Sarvanukramani also? Is it

> considered slightly more authoritative?

> Are there any other source texts like these and the Brihad Devata

> that are considered useful?>

> What about for the other Samhitas?

>

> Regards, Michael

 

dear michael,

the sarvanukrmani,arshnukramani,mantranukramani,chhandanukramani and

brahaddevata,were published by choukhambha vidhya bhavana,varanashi,

(U.P), some 10 years back i purchesed from there?

i am having these books at india and can send you the copies

after reaching there incot/end. you can get these books from following

addresses fi you require them very urgently:-

1>chokhambha orientolia,new delhi-11007;

2>mlbd.new delhi,

3>swadhyaya mandalparadi,surat,gujarat,india,

4>M/s ramlalkapoor trust,bahal gad,hariyana,alsopublished

rigvedasarvanukramani,written by late pandit.yudhisthir mimansak,i am

having that copy also, but since the writer is not available,they maybe able

to send you the book.still you may try,or else tell me ,if i can help you

spsharma,spsharma51,