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g. The Divisions of ike Text cxxxv
the hymn-numbers, without going into the detail of the difference of versenumberings,
which latter,
however, are not seriously confusing.
Hymns of the The underwritten hymns or parts of hymns of the Berlin edition correspond Hymns of the
Bombay ed- ' to the hymn of the Bo nibay edition as numbered in either margin. Bombay ed.
Book Book Book Book Book
viii. ix. xi. xii. xiii.
I I I I I I I
2 2 3 3 2 2 2
3 3 3 3.-3. 3 3 3
4 4 4 3-32-49 4 4-1-13 4
5 S 5 3-50-56 5..-6 4.14-21 5
6 6 6.t-l7 4 5.7-11 4.22-28 6
7 7 6.1S-30 5 5.12-27 4.29-45 7
8 8 6.31-39 6 5.28-38 4.46-51 8
9 9 6.40-44 7 5.39-46 4.52-56 9
10 1 0.1-7 6.45-48 8 5-47-61 10
II 10. 8-17 6.49-62 9 5-62-73 II
12 IO.1S-21 7.1-26 10 12
»3 10.22-25 8 «3
14 10.26-29 9 14
'5 10.30-33 10 15J
(_Since the two editions differ, the question arises. Which is right 1
The
fourth paragraph of p. 61 1 (which see) leaves it undecided, but states the
real point at issue plainly. I now believe that the methods of both
editions are at fault and would suggest a better method. To make the
matter clear, I take as an example the parydya-sfckta xi. 3, which consists
of a group of \hxQQ parydyas.
Suggested method
xi. 3. I 1-3'
xi. 3. 2 i-tS
Berlin method
xi. 3. I-31
xi- 3- 32-49
Bombay method
xi. 3. 1-3
xi. 4. 1-18
XI. 3. 3 1-7 xi. 3. 50-56 xi. 5. 1-7
The four sets of numbers in the first column relate to the four textdivisions
: the first set (xi.) to the book ; the second (3) to the parydyasukta
or group ol paiydyas ; the third (i, 2, 3) to the individual /aryayaj of
that group ; and the fourth ('-3'' ''*• '-') to the verses of \\i& parydyas.\
Lin the Berlin text, on the one hand, we must admit that each of the
three component parydyas of xi. 3 is duly indicated as such by typographical
separation and that the /ary^ya-numbers (i and 2 and 3) are duly
given in parenthesis. That text, however, practically ignores the parydyas,
at least for the purposes of citation, by numbering the verses of all three
continuously (as verses 1-56) from the beginning oi parydya i to the end
of 3. Thus only the group oi parydyas is recognized ; and it is numbered
as if
coordinate with the artha-suktas of the book. J
if
Lin the Bombay text, on the other hand, each parydya is numbered as
coordinate with an artha-sukta, and the verses are numbered (of course,
in this case) beginning anew with i for each parydya. This method