शतपथ ब्राह्मण (शुक्ल यजुर्वेद - प्रथम भाग)

PREFACE. १५ 172. 180-187 (= P.), which I am sorry to say I could not for want of time suf- ficiently examine. From a list written on the reverse of the first leaf of the fourth book and of the 48ᵗʰ leaf of the fourteenth in M. I take the names and the num- ber of verses of the different kâṇḍas. — I. Ekapâdikâ begins स वै सम्भारात्सम्भरति (6 adhy. 22 brâhm. 367 kaṇ- ḍikâs). M. foll. 100. — E. I. H. 1560. see Colebrooke miscell. ess. I, 60 not. — P. 180. — II. Haviryaǰna begins सं वै व्रतमुपैष्यन् (8 adhy. 32 br. 572 k.) M. foll. 59. — P. 181. — III. Uddhâri (124 k.) is wanting. — IV. Adhvara begins तद्दि देवयजनमीक्षेत (628 k.) M. foll. 49. contains only the prathana aṅga in 4 adhy. 16 br. 272 k. — P. 184 b. — V. Graha begins प्राणो ह वाऽअस्योपांशुः (8 adhy. 38 br. 475 k.) M. foll. 82. — P. 183. — VI. Vâǰapeya begins देवाश्च ह वाऽअसुराश्चोभये (2 adhy. 6 br. 100 k.) M. foll. 12. — P. 185 a. — VII. Râjasûya begins स वै पूर्णाहुतिं जुहोति (5 adhy. 19 br. 288 k.) M. foll. 28. — P. 185 b. — VIII. Ushasambhâraṇa begins असदद्वाऽइदमग्रऽआसीत् (8 adhy. 27 br. 525 k. [509 in the list]) P. 167. the first 82 leaves are written by the same scribe as P. 168 and 169., foll. 83-85 are dated S. 1806. — IX. Hastiaghaṭa (see Wilson Sanskrit dictionary: घट an elephants frontal sinus) begins अथातो नैऋतीर्हरति (5 adhy. 16 br. 261 k. [257 the list]) P. 168. S. 1649. foll. 51 (= A.). nr. 172 (= B.) most likely a copy of the preceding, written S. 1852. Çâke 1717. foll. 46. — X. Citi begins प्राणभृत उपदधाति (5 adhy. 20 br. 241 k) M. foll. 25. — P. 186 a. — XI. Samciti begins नाकसद उपदधाति (7 adhy. 20 br. 441 k.) P. 169. S. 1651. nr. 171 a copy thereof. — XII. Agnirahasya begins अग्निरेष पुरस्ताच्चीयते (6 adhy. 28 br. 286 k.) M. foll. 39. — P. 186 b. — XIII. Ashṭâdhyâyî (252 k.) is wanting. — XIV. Madhyama begins अयं वै यज्ञो योऽयं पवते (8 adhy. 29 br. 382 k.) M. foll. 48. — P. 187 a. —