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Contents of Prefatory and Related Matter<br />

The biographical and related matter<br />

General significance of Whitney's work<br />

Need of a systematic commentary on the Rig-Veda<br />

The Century Dictionary of the English Language<br />

Acknowledgments<br />

Human personality and the progress of science<br />

The same in English verse and in <strong>Sanskrit</strong> verse<br />

rAGB<br />

xxxvi<br />

xxxvii<br />

xxxvii<br />

xxxviii<br />

xxxviii<br />

xl<br />

xli-xlii<br />

Biographical and related matter<br />

xliii-lxi<br />

Brief sketch of Whitney's life : by the editor xliii<br />

Estimate of Whitney's character and services: by the editor .... xlvii<br />

Select list of Whitney's writings: by Whitney<br />

Ivi<br />

General Introduction, Part I. : by the editor Ixiii-cvii<br />

General Premises<br />

Ixiii-lxiv<br />

Scope of this Part of the Introduction Ixiii<br />

Scope of the reports of the variant readings<br />

Ixiii<br />

The term "manuscripts" often used loosely for " authorities" . . . Ixiv<br />

Which authorities are both manuscripts and oral reciters<br />

Ixiv<br />

Difficulty of verifying statements as to authorities<br />

1. Readings of European manuscripts of the Vulgate recension Ixiv-lxv<br />

Reports include mss. collated, some before, and some after publication .<br />

Interpretation of the records of the Collation-Book<br />

2. Readings of Indian manuscripts of the Vulgate Ixvi<br />

By " Indian mss." are meant those used by S. P. Pandit Ixvi<br />

His reports not exhaustive<br />

3. Readings of Indian oral reciters of the Vulgate Ixvi-lxvii<br />

By " Indian oral reciters " are meant those employed by S. P. Pandit . Ixvi<br />

Errors of the eye checked by oral reciters<br />

4. Readings of the Hindu commentator Ixvii-lxviii<br />

The critical value and the range of his variant readings<br />

Ixvii<br />

Excursus : Was he identical with Sayana of the Rig-Veda ? Ixviii<br />

5. Readings of the Pada-patha Ixix-lxx<br />

Reported in Index Verborum, and since published in full<br />

Illustrations of its deficiencies Ixix<br />

In verb-compounds and various other combinations<br />

Ixiv<br />

Ixiv<br />

Ixv<br />

Ixvi<br />

Ixvi<br />

Ixix<br />

Ixix-lxx<br />

6. The Pratipakhya and its commentary Ixx-Ixxi<br />

Character of Whitney's editions of the Prati^akhyas<br />

Their bearing upon the orthography and criticism of the text ....<br />

Utilization of the Atharvan Pratigakhya for the present work ....<br />

7. The Anukramanis :<br />

" Old "and " Major " Ixxi-lxxiv<br />

More than one AnukramanI extant<br />

Ixxi<br />

The Paficapatalika or " Old Anukr." or " Quoted Anukr."<br />

Ixxi<br />

Manuscripts thereof<br />

The Brhatsarvanukramani or " Major Anukr."<br />

Manuscripts thereof<br />

Text-critical value of the Anukramanis<br />

The author of the Major Anukr. as a critic of meters<br />

Ixx<br />

Ixx<br />

Ixxi<br />

Ixxii<br />

Ixxii<br />

Ixxii<br />

Ixxiii<br />

Ixxiii<br />

His statements as to the seers of the hymns (quasi-authorship) . . . Ixxiv

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