TRACING VEDIC DIALECTS - People.fas.harvard.edu
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A note on the size of the texts:<br />
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A calculation of the size of the various texts has been made in akṣaras, on the<br />
basis of a few typical pages per text, and taking into account the relation of<br />
prose :: verses; 71 in a second stage, the size of the various Vedic texts has been<br />
compared in percentage to that of the RV which is set at 100%:<br />
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RV 72 397.265 akṣaras RV = 100 %<br />
ŚS 176.389 ŚS = 44.44 %<br />
PS 274.560 PS = 69.11 %<br />
MS 392.619 MS = 98.83 %<br />
KS 337.808 KS = 85.03 %<br />
TS 281.569 TS = 70.87 %<br />
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Some of the texts that have been printed interspersed with commentary only (like TA,<br />
TB) have been difficult to calculate. Also, the exact relation of Mantras :: prose is difficult<br />
to estimate. The percentages given here should therefore be taken with caution; it will be<br />
better to rely, for the moment, on the absolute figures of occurrences of a particular<br />
phenomenon; the exact percentages wil have to be recalculated once a computer data base<br />
of the various Vedic texts is available, and exact figures can be obtained more easily.<br />
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Note the various new abbreviations introduced here for the convenience of distinguishing<br />
various levels of texts:<br />
PSk = PS calculated here acc. to ed. Raghu Vira, i.e. without some parts of PS 18 (Yama<br />
hymns).<br />
MSp + MS Saṃhitā prose (different from Mantra portions)<br />
KSa = Aśvamedha portion of KS (book V, perhaps < TS)<br />
ABo = AB older part: 1-5<br />
ABn = AB newer part: 6-8<br />
TBk = TB, Kāṭhaka portion: TB 3.10-12<br />
TAk = TA, Kāṭhaka portion: TA 1-2<br />
JBa = JB, Agnihotra portion: JB 1.1-65, younger than the rest<br />
JBc = JB in ed. Caland (Auswahl)<br />
ŚBMo = older portion: ŚBM 1-5<br />
ŚBKo = older portion: ŚBK 1-7<br />
ŚBMw = Western (Śāṇḍilya) portion: ŚBM 6-10<br />
ŚBMn = newer portion (originally < ŚBK): ŚBM 11-13<br />
ŚBMa = Āraṇyaka portion: ŚBM 14.1-3<br />
ŚBMu = Upaniṣad portion: ŚBM 14.4-9<br />
VādhB = Brāhmaṇa (Anvākhyāna) portions of the so-called Vādhūla Sūtra, which actually<br />
consist of at least two separate texts, the VādhB and the actual VādhŚS, see StII 1, p. 75<br />
sqq.<br />
BŚSb = Brāhmaṇa portion of BŚS= book 18 (and some section in 17); ŚŚSb + Br. portions =<br />
15.17-27, occasionally Br. portions in other ŚS, too (not used here).<br />
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