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The ''Anukramaṇī'' ( sa, अनुक्रमणी, ) (also ') are the systematic indices of
Vedic upright=1.2, The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the '' Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (, , ) are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the ...
hymnsMax Müller, F. (1860) ''A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature So Far As It Illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans'', London:Williams and Norgate, pp.215-29 recording
poetic meter In poetry, metre ( Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set o ...
, content, and traditions of authorship.


Anukramanis of the Rigveda

Six Anukramanis of the
Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ('' śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one ...
are ascribed to Shaunaka: ''Anuvakanukramani'', ''Arshanukramani'', ''Chandonukramani'', ''Devatanukramani'', ''Padanukramani'' and ''Suktanukramani''. Except the ''Anuvakakramani'', other Anukramanis survive only in quotations found in the writings of Shadgurashishya. The most important Anukramani of the
Rigveda The ''Rigveda'' or ''Rig Veda'' ( ', from ' "praise" and ' "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (''sūktas''). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ('' śruti'') known as the Vedas. Only one ...
is Katyayana's '' Sarvanukramani'' (ca. 2nd century BCE), recording the first word, the number of verses, name and family of poets ( rshis), names of deities and
metres The metre (British spelling Despite the various English dialects spoken from country to country and within different regions of the same country, there are only slight regional variations in English orthography, the two most notable va ...
for each of the 1,028 hymns of the Rigveda. The ''Vedarthadipika'', written by Shadgurushishya (12th century) is a significant commentary of this work. Mayrhofer (2003) discusses the personal names contained in the Rigveda Anukramani, counting 543 items. Academic opinion regarding the age and authenticity of the tradition of these names is not unanimous. Mayrhofer suggests that
Hermann Oldenberg Hermann Oldenberg (31 October 1854 – 18 March 1920) was a German scholar of Indology, and Professor at Kiel (1898) and Göttingen (1908). Work Oldenberg was born in Hamburg. His 1881 study on Buddhism, entitled ''Buddha: Sein Leben, seine Lehr ...
(1888) was essentially correct in assuming that :"the editors of the lists of authors .. ossesseda correct notion of the families associated with these Mandalas he Rigvedic "family books" 2–7 ''possibly'' rooted in tradition. Beyond this, they do not betray as much as the slightest sign of any genuine tradition on the hymn authors." (p. 229) Another view is set forth by Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton in the 2014 English translation of the Rigveda: :Even though the anukramaṇīs were composed and redacted long after the R̥gvedic period, they are an invaluable resource, for, by and large, their identifications of the poets of hymns are plausible.


Anukramanis of the other Vedas

The ''Arsheya Brahmana'' is the earliest Anukramani of the Samaveda, belonging to its ''Kauthuma''
shakha A shakha (Sanskrit ', "branch" or "limb") is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school.V. S. Apte. A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 913, left column.Moni ...
. The ''Jaiminiya Arsheya Brahmana'' is a later Anukramani of the Samaveda belonging to its ''Jaiminiya'' shakha. There are three Anukramanis of the
Yajurveda The ''Yajurveda'' ( sa, यजुर्वेद, ', from ' meaning "worship", and ''veda'' meaning "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.Michael Witzel (2003), "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in ''The Blackwell C ...
belonging to the Atreyi ''shakha'' of the '' Taittiriyasamhita'', Charayaniya ''shakha'' (known as ''Mantrarshadhyaya'') and Madhyandina ''shakha'' of the ''Vajasaneyisamhita'' ascribed to Katyayana. The ''Brihatsarvanukramani'' and the ''Atharvavediyapancpatalika'' are the Anukramanis of the Atharvaveda. The ''Brihatsarvanukramani'' is a complete index of the ''Atharvavedasamhita'' in 10 ''patala''s.


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click on the link below for vedas and vedic concordances http://fourvedas.webs.com/vedic-concordances-index *Manfred Mayrhofer, ''Die Personennamen in der . Sicheres und Zweifelhaftes'', Munich (2003). *Hermann Oldenberg, ''Ueber die Liedverfasser des Rigveda''. ZDMG 42 (1888) 199-247. {{DEFAULTSORT:Anukramani Vedas Rigveda