Vedic Hymns, Part I (SBE32)
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Vedic Hymns, Part I (SBE32): Preface to the First Edition...

I, 84, 1. indra (Aufr. p. 68) cannot have the accent on the first syllable, because it does not stand at the beginning of a pâda (M. M. vol. i, p. 677). The same applies to índra, VI, 41, 4, (Aufr. pt 429) instead of indra (M. M. vol. iii, p. 734); to ágne, I, 140, 12, (Aufr. p. 130) instead of agne (M. M. vol. ii, p. 133). In III, 36, 3, on the contrary, indra, being at the head of a pâda, ought to have the accent on the first syllable, índra (M. M. vol. ii, p. 855), not indra (Aufr. p. 249). The same mistake occurs again, III, 36, 10 (Aufr. p. 250); IV, 32, 7, (Aufr. p. 305); IV, 32, 12, (Aufr. p. 305); VIII, 3, 12, (Aufr. vol. ii, p. 86). In V, 61, 1, narah should have no accent; whereas in VII, 91, 3, it should have the accent on the first syllable. In VIII, 8, 19, vipanyû should have no accent, and Professor Aufrecht gives it correctly in the notes, where he has likewise very properly removed the Avagraha which I had inserted.

I, 88, 1, read yâta (M. M. vol. i, p. 708), not yâtha (Aufr. p. 72).

I, 90, 1, read rigunîtî´; I, 94, 11, read yavasâ´do (M. M. vol. i, p. 766), not yavasâ´do (Aufr. p. 80).

I, 118, 9. abhibhû´tim (Aufr. p. 105) instead of abhíbhûtim (M. M. vol. i, p. 957) cannot be right, considering that in all other passages abhíbhûti has the accent on the second syllable. S 1, S 2, S 3 have the accent on the i.

I, 128, 4. ghritasrîr (Aufr. p. 117) instead of ghritasrî´r (M. M. vol. ii, p. 52) is wrong.

I, 144, 2, read párîvritâh (M. M. vol. ii, p. 155) instead of parî´vritâh (Aufr. p. 133).

I, 145, 5. Professor Aufrecht (p. 134) gives upamasyâ´m, both in the Samhitâ and Pada texts, as having the accent on the last syllable. I had placed the accent on the penultimate, (Pada, upa-másyâm, vol. ii, p. 161,) and whatever may be the reading of other MSS., this is the only possible accentuation. S 1, S 2, S 3 have the right accent.

I, 148, 4. pûrû´ni (Aufr. p. 136) instead of purû´ni (M. M. vol. ii, p. 170) does not rest, as far as I know, on the authority of any MSS. S 1, S 2, S 3 have purû´ni.

I, 151, 7. gakkhatho (Aufr. p. 137) should be gákkhatho (M. M. vol. ii, p. 181).

I, 161, 12. All the Pada MSS. read prá ábravît, separating the two words and accentuating each. Though the accent is irregular, yet, considering the peculiar construction of the verse, in which pra and pro are used as adverbs rather than as prepositions, I should not venture with Professor Aufrecht (p. 144) to write prá abravît. The MSS. likewise have â´ ágagan, I, 161, 4; and prá ágâh, VIII, 48, 2, not prá agâh, as Aufrecht gives in his second edition.

I, 163, 11. dhrágîman (Aufr. p. 147) instead of dhrágîmân (M. M. vol. ii, p. 245) is wrong.

I, 163, 13. gamyâ (Aufr. p. 148) instead of gamyâ´ (M. M. vol. ii, p. 246) is wrong.

I, 164, 17, read párena (M. M. vol. ii, p. 259) instead of paréna (Aufr. p. 149).