It follows from Sûtra 799 that to double the y in vaiyasva is a mistake, but a mistake which had to be pointed out and guarded against as early as the time of the Prâtisâkhya. In VIII, 26, 11, therefore, vaiyyasvásya, as printed in my edition and repeated in Professor Aufrecht's, should be changed to vaiyasvásya. MSS. S 1, S 3 are right, likewise P 1, P 2; but S 2 has the double mistake vayyasvásya, as described in the Prâtisâkhya; another MS. of Wilson's has vaiyy. The same applies to VIII, 23, 24, and VIII, 24, 23. P 1 admits the mistaken spelling vayyasva.

Some corrections that ought to be made in the Padapâtha only, as printed in my edition, are pointed out in a note to Sûtra 738 of the Prâtisâkhya. Thus, according to Sûtra 583, 6, srûyâ´h in the Pada text of II, 10, 2, should be changed to sruyâ´h. MSS. P 1, P 2 have the short u.

In V, 7, 8, I had printed súkih shma, leaving the a of

shma short in accordance with the Prâtisâkhya, Sûtra 514, where a string of words is given before which sma must not be lengthened, and where under No. 11 we find yásmai. Professor Aufrecht has altered this, and gives the â as long, which is wrong. The MSS. S 1, S 2, S 3 have the short a.

Another word before which sma ought not to be lengthened is mâ´vate. Hence, according to Sûtra 514, 14, I ought not to have printed in VI, 65, 4, shmâ mâ´vate, but shma mâ´vate. Here Professor Aufrecht has retained the long â, which is wrong. MSS. S 1, S 2, S 3 have the short a.

It follows from Sûtra 499 that in I, 138, 4, we should not lengthen the vowel of sú. Hence, instead of asyâ´ û shû´ na úpa sâtáye, as printed in my edition and repeated by Professor Aufrecht, we should read asyâ´ û shú na úpa sâtáye. S 1, S 2, S 3 have short u a.

In VII, 31, 4, I had by mistake printed viddhí instead of viddhî´. The same reading is adopted by Professor Aufrecht (II, p. 24), but the authority of the Prâtisâkhya, Sûtra 445, can hardly be overruled. S 1, S 2, S 3 have viddhî´.

While in cases like these, the Prâtisâkhya is an authority which, as far as I can judge, ought to overrule the authority of every MS., however ancient, we must in other cases depend either on the testimony of the best MSS. or be guided, in fixing on the right reading, by Sâyana and the rules of grammar. I shall therefore, in cases where I cannot consider Professor Aufrecht's readings as authoritative improvements, have to give my reasons why I adhere to the readings which I had originally adopted.

In V, 9, 4, I had printed by mistake purú yó instead of purû´ yó. I had, however, corrected this misprint in my edition of the Prâtisâkhya, 393, 532. Professor Aufrecht decides in favour of purú with a short u, but against the authority of the MSS., S 1, S 2, S 3, which have purû´.